Let Us Hope that We Shall See the Unraveling of the Republican Party. Here’s a bit of history of what can happen to a political party through an unconscionable and impulsive act:
Here is a political cartoon showing South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat, nearly fatally caning Republican abolitionist, Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner, in the Senate chamber, after Brooks accused Sumner of insulting his uncle,Senator Andrew Butler,in an anti-slavery speech. This occurred on May 22, 1856.
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