When talking about the #GOP of the 1860s(especially party founders/leaders), we‘re talking about a party that’s virtually all white men, with abolition as a foundational tenet—caring about/acting on the best interests of millions of ppl they didn’t know, personally or culturally.
Note: Important to remember a lot of what these men thought on race goes under the category of white supremacist beliefs.
But as a party they held the platform of human rights, even for people in this country that weren’t “their people.”
That’s absent in #GOP rhetoric today.
But as a party they held the platform of human rights, even for people in this country that weren’t “their people.”
That’s absent in #GOP rhetoric today.
