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rzemanfl

(31,261 posts)
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 07:56 AM Dec 2016

Thought experiment. [View all]

1860-Queen Victoria is discovered to be paying people to distribute handbills in the U.S. supporting Breckenridge.
1916-Kaiser Wilhelm takes out ads in all major U.S. papers supporting Hughes.
1936-Hitler funds radio broadcasts in U.S. supporting Landon.

What would have been the U.S. response? Why is 2016 different?

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