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Trump’s Immoral Equivalence Between George Washington and Robert E. Lee

HISTORY LESSON

The president ignores history and context to blur the lines between slave-holding Founding Fathers and slave-keeping Confederates. It’s dangerous and ignorant.

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Donald Trump’s Immoral Equivalence Between George Washington and Robert E. Lee
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