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applegrove

(133,207 posts) Thu Dec 28, 2023, 11:03 PM Dec 2023

Republican party is considered to have been founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, 1854, in opposition to slavery: [View all]

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Republican party is considered to have been founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, 1854, in opposition to slavery: (photo)

Applegrove:

Who is going to tell Nikki Haley?

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Republican party is considered to have been founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, 1854, in opposition to slavery: [View all] applegrove Dec 2023 OP

My, how times have changed. Lunabell Dec 2023 #1

They've come 1/2 circle. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #2

I really doubt the validity of the Republican Party and its origins reymega life Dec 2023 #3

That is a rejection of history. former9thward Dec 2023 #4

that's why Andrew Johnson was the worst in air quotes but grant had lots of scandals in his presidency reymega life Dec 2023 #5

Only after their first ten years or so..... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #9

The meeting in Wisconsin was the first to call themselves 'Republican', DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #6

Yes! That would had been before my ancestors immigrated to Wisconsin in 1860. LiberalFighter Dec 2023 #7

What a goddamn difference a day makes.... SoFlaBro Dec 2023 #8