Abraham Lincoln to explain the Civil War to 2024 GOP candida
Jan 9, 2024 11:37:15 GMT -5
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Post by The Inspector on Jan 9, 2024 11:37:15 GMT -5
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The fact of the Civil War is that states seceded because they didn’t like the results of an election.
“I’m not trying to be waving my hands like some crazy historian, but I think we take for granted that our democracy will always be intact, and the Civil War was a moment when it wasn’t,” she said.
“I’m not trying to be waving my hands like some crazy historian, but I think we take for granted that our democracy will always be intact, and the Civil War was a moment when it wasn’t,” she said.
On Monday, President Joe Biden compared Trump supporters who won’t accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election with former Confederates who embraced the “lost cause” view of the Civil War, which saw the war from the perspective of White Southerners and sidestepped the issue of slavery.
“Now, we’re living in an era of a second lost cause,” Biden said. “Once again, there are some in this country trying to turn a loss into a lie. A lie which if allowed to live will once again bring terrible damage to this country. This time the lie is about the 2020 election.”
“Now, we’re living in an era of a second lost cause,” Biden said. “Once again, there are some in this country trying to turn a loss into a lie. A lie which if allowed to live will once again bring terrible damage to this country. This time the lie is about the 2020 election.”
