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Republicans are the 21st-century Know-Nothing Party
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Author: TheCrow Date:
8/9/2021 2:44:10 PM +3/-0 |
Why is this familiar? Oh, yeah- I said it months ago. Intentional, invincable ignorance as a Trumpist doctrine of faith.
Only Trump knows, all the experts are wrong. And, if the Donald or his true believers did something stupid, wrong or criminal, Trumpists deny, dissemble and distract.
BY GLENN C. ALTSCHULER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 08/08/21 09:00 AM EDT
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL
In the 1850s, an anti-Catholic, anti-Irish, xenophobic movement burst on the political scene in the United States. At first a secret society, the Native American Party required its initiates to present proof of a Protestant pedigree, support mandatory Bible reading in public schools and a 21-year naturalization period for immigrants, use hand signals and passwords, and promise to respond to questions from outsiders by saying, “I know nothing.”
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