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progressoid

(50,743 posts)
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 01:08 PM Jan 2024

Nikki Haley isn't the only one having a problem with the civil war question.

Some of our fellow Iowans....



Jan 18, 2024 TYT at Trump Events
Trumpers are real confused about what caused the Civil War. Michael Shure reports for TYT from the 'Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus' Event in Sioux Center, IA.
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Squaredeal

(535 posts)
4. This doesn't say much for our educational system if these people don't know.
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 01:24 PM
Jan 2024

I wonder if it ever crossed their minds to ask why Lincoln is on the $5 bill and Grant on the $50 one.

 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
5. Like my next door Trumper neighbor.
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 01:31 PM
Jan 2024

A successful business owner in his 50's who never heard the names Roosevelt or Lyndon Johnson before.

jaxexpat

(7,785 posts)
7. The pathetic aspect is that Iowans fought for the union beyond and above their population ratio.
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 01:47 PM
Jan 2024

It's a pretty blatant disrespect these "patriots" show for their forefather's sacrifice. Hard to understand how we haven't been successfully invaded by Mexico or Canada when we have that many citizens so full of themselves with so little knowledge of anything. This whole Trump weirdness has shown the world the great vulnerability of the mighty US. Most bullies are just immature and insecure. It's not hard to connect the dots.

NoMoreRepugs

(10,513 posts)
8. The 'average' American isn't very bright - factor in ReichWing Radio/Faux/Newsmax & wingnut websites - the typical
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 01:47 PM
Jan 2024

Deplorable (AKA Republican voter) becomes a BatShitCrazedLoon.

progressoid

(50,743 posts)
11. Ugh. You got one of those too?
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 03:23 PM
Jan 2024

We got one last sometime last week. The next day my mother-in-law got one too.

progressoid

(50,743 posts)
13. I thought we got out republican neighbor's mail by mistake!
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 03:58 PM
Jan 2024

Wonder how many people who read it know its ties to Falun Gong.

IA8IT

(5,877 posts)
14. Morning Joe not long ago shouting Epoch Times "Chinese Cult". Google chinese cult results Falun Gong.
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 05:04 PM
Jan 2024
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