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Dr. William Horne
@wihorne.bsky.social
Teacher. Radical. Historian at UMD. PhD in History from GW. In Case of Emergency: tinyurl.com/mvmrcuvk. (he/him)
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Crucially, both Trump & Johnson depicted themselves as martyrs—"Who has suffered more for you and for this Union than Andrew Johnson?"—for white conservative America amid waves of escalating white supremacist violence that they themselves had helped incite.
Johnson eventually slinked off in disgrace as a national joke. Looking forward to a repeat of that clownish spectacle next month.
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Dr. William Horne
@wihorne.bsky.social
Teacher. Radical. Historian at UMD. PhD in History from GW. In Case of Emergency: tinyurl.com/mvmrcuvk. (he/him)
992 followers783 following55 posts