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21 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Lee was long celebrated as the greatest Virginian after Washington. He drew admirers across the political spetrum: Eisenhower, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford. Churchill called him "the noblest American"
“Slavery as an institution, is a moral and political evil in any country.” — Robert E. Lee
Nearly forgot another of Lee’s erstwhile Democratic admirers: @JoeBiden
The problem here isn’t Robert E. Lee’s statue, but the historical illiteracy of idiots like @GovernorVA & @timkaine

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