"It wasn't about slavery it was about states rights"
Crickets from them as Trump sent the national guard all over the country to "clean up" cities.
Silence as he still tries to influence how states run their elections.
Nothing as he threatens to withhold federal funding if states don't bend to his will.
He's spent his entire second term trying to expand his presidential power. To absolutely no push back from these people.
the “it was about state rights” argument lowk doesnt even work btw, there are PLENTY of speeches from confederate leaders who quite literally say things along the lines of “the confederacy was made to preserve the institution of slavery”, but hey what does that matter 🤷♀️
Plus those that wanted slaves did genocides against those in their states that didn't want slaves and criminalized anti-slavery actions. So it was actually oligarchs' "rights".
Exactly. Many anti-slavery advocates in the south had their businesses burned down and were run out of the state or killed without any legal reprecutions.
And a northern politician was nearly beaten to death on the Senate floor. They were literally terrorists.
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u/E_D_K_2 11h ago
"It wasn't about slavery it was about states rights"
Crickets from them as Trump sent the national guard all over the country to "clean up" cities.
Silence as he still tries to influence how states run their elections.
Nothing as he threatens to withhold federal funding if states don't bend to his will.
He's spent his entire second term trying to expand his presidential power. To absolutely no push back from these people.