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116. FDR was the pre-eminent anti-establishment president

Taken from: Author - Roosevelt - Institute

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"In taking on the vested financial and political interests that had largely brought about the collapse of the nation’s economy, Roosevelt touched a deep nerve in the American psyche. From this moment on, he was forever identified as the champion of the people, as a leader who was not only hated by the “economic royalists” that had seized control of the country, but as a man who “welcomed their hatred.”

"The bond that was created by FDR’s willingness to acknowledge and even highlight the profound gap between those in his own class and the vast majority of working Americans made him much more than just a populist leader. He also became, somewhat ironically, the pre-eminent anti-establishment president."