“On June 16, 1858, more than 1,000 delegates met in the Springfield, Illinois, statehouse for the Republican State Convention. At 5:00 p.m. they chose Abraham Lincoln as their candidate for the U.S. Senate, running against Democrat Stephen A. Douglas.”In 2024, America will re-unite. Or, it will further decline.
In 2016, the nation wanted Presidential candor and got it from Trump.
His style triggered a partisan rancor from half the population, most academics, all the federal bureaucracies, many high-tech industries, most media outlets, as well as virtually all Democrat pols, plus several pols in Trump’s own Party.
The barrage of hatred was aimed to destroy a perceived interloper into national politics.