Trump - even with the corruption, lies and ego - would have been a resounding success without the racism. Same shit policies, same inflated ego - but without the hate, it would have been endearing and funny. More like a comedy than a car wreck. He blew it, big, and I believe it’s because he’s an authentic PoS racist. The only time Trump can’t seem to tell a lie is when he’s asked to condemn racists or dictators.
She gave the answer today she should have given yesterday, which was that the civil war was about slavery. It’s not a hard question to answer. Would you vote for a politician who tells you the answer to 2+2 is “a number that totals two sets of two, and is larger than two”. If it took them being criticized to admit the answer is 4, then I’ll be shopping elsewhere.
For someone who said the racist church shootings that killed several black people was her most challenging moment as governor, she hasn’t seemed to learn much.
Nearly 200 years on, they’re still trying to rewrite history and defend the vile.
I take issue with this because it’s not hard to add nuance to history. Yes, not all the union soldiers were anti-slavery crusaders. Not all the confederate soldiers were racist slaveowners. Much like Trump tried to stay in power and used election lies to further his true cause - staying in office - I’m sure there were propaganda campaigns to turn the desire to continue to own slaves into arguments about other things.
So how hard is it to say “The civil war was about slavery, and here’s how it went down”… then you go into the details and nuances of the war. Slavery should be the first thing mentioned, not the last. This would be like asking her about the holocaust and having no mention of anti-Semitism or Jews.
