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How about a quotation for those who keep saying that the modern GOP is the "Party of Lincoln" ? 👇
Source: Lincoln, Collected Works v. 3, 537.
Newsflash: Lincoln wasn't a conservative.
(Pictured here on page 120, of Lincoln, Book 3, of my Making of America series)
How about a quotation for those who keep saying that the modern GOP is the "Party of Lincoln" ? 👇
Source: Lincoln, Collected Works v. 3, 537.
Newsflash: Lincoln wasn't a conservative.
(Pictured here on page 120, of Lincoln, Book 3, of my Making of America series)
(2/3) Abraham Lincoln was a liberal—but not as far too left as many of his contemporaries, for example, William Lloyd Garrison.
In my book I characterize Lincoln as a "practical statesman and not an idealist," following the lead of scholar LeWanda Cox, and actually quoting her.
In my book I characterize Lincoln as a "practical statesman and not an idealist," following the lead of scholar LeWanda Cox, and actually quoting her.
(3/3) What makes the claim that the modern GOP is the Party of Lincoln even more absurd is that the modern GOP is no longer conservative.
The word I was taught in school was reactionary. I use "RWA" for right-wing authoritarian. More here👇
The word I was taught in school was reactionary. I use "RWA" for right-wing authoritarian. More here👇
