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    1. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 6 Jun 2019

      Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted Dinesh D'Souza

      "All you would have to do is name one solitary Republican who owned a slave and I would have to take it back." Oh, OK: Republican Benjamin Burton was actually the largest slaveowner in Delaware. Take it back.https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1136403070726705153 …

      Kevin M. Kruse added,

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      Dinesh D'SouzaVerified account @DineshDSouza
      Let's set the record straight. #FakeHistory is the foundation of #FakeNews 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/uF1UXADr0q
      821 replies 4,785 retweets 22,871 likes
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    2. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 6 Jun 2019

      Here's the obituary for Benjamin Burton:pic.twitter.com/5IdvbsuvQU

      33 replies 344 retweets 4,024 likes
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    3. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 6 Jun 2019

      And here's reference to his status as a Republican and a slaveholder in 1861. https://books.google.com/books?id=bVMdAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA174&dq=%22benjamin+burton%22+delaware+republican+slave&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjajf6rl9XiAhWqVN8KHf3BBTcQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22benjamin%20burton%22%20delaware%20republican%20slave&f=false …pic.twitter.com/UfrXJza15p

      27 replies 325 retweets 3,893 likes
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    4. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 6 Jun 2019

      This is a good lesson why actual historians don't speak in these kinds of absolutes, because when you do something like that, you're liable to wind up looking like an utter moron.

      85 replies 482 retweets 7,506 likes
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    5. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 6 Jun 2019

      There's no need to make a claim like this anyway. Anyone who ever took US history, even in high school, knows that in the antebellum era, Democrats were the party of slavery while abolitionism drove the GOP. It's kind of a recurring theme when we teach the Civil War, you know?

      57 replies 307 retweets 5,114 likes
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    6. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 6 Jun 2019

      The fact that D'Souza thinks this is some kind of massive secret he's uncovered, some sort of brave truth he's revealing that no actual historians will discuss, just lays bare how little he knows about the substance of American history or how it's taught.

      82 replies 525 retweets 7,174 likes
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jun 2019
      Replying to @AlexMLeo @KevinMKruse

      This is one of the top 10 self-owns on twitter.

      7:35 PM - 6 Jun 2019
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