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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"You are the Jacob Wohl of Schlapps."
Matt Schlapp
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Johnny Jackie Robinson was a registered Republican. But became disenchanted when Nixon didnt embrace MLK jr. The Dems were the slavery/Jim Crow party
Tony Posnanski
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You are the Jacob Wohl of Schlapps.
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And with the patience of a saint Kevin Kruse schools Matt on history.
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"You are the Jacob Wohl of Schlapps." (Original Post)
JHan
Feb 2019
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Stop what you're doing or bookmark this post
Either way, take a few minutes to click on the Kruse tweet above and savor the history-ey goodness.
salin
(48,955 posts)6. It is masterful!
And a great resource to refer to and share when smarmy righties try to claim revisionist history in the post civil rights era such as Schlapp was doing.
Definitely bookmarked to be able to quickly access again.
blogslut
(37,981 posts)2. Watching Kevin Kruse take down bro-historains (typo and it stays) is always a delight
malaise
(268,664 posts)5. Great post
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