Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) informed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) that Robert E. Lee "was not actually one of the founding fathers" on Thursday.
  • Pips@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    Appeasement after the assassination of Lincoln due to Johnson’s soft stance on Confederates. Basically moderates shit the bed and rather than wipe out the ideology, they let it fester and become “heritage.”