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    Dave Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel 1 May 2017

    Obviously, the main cause of the Civil War was economic anxiety.

    9:55 AM - 1 May 2017
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      2. Nicola Cardoso Vigio‏ @niccvig 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel

        and Crooked Abe Lincoln didn't campaign in WI

        2 replies 6 retweets 45 likes
      3. O.J.  🤷🏻‍♂️‏ @Juicedog23 1 May 2017
        Replying to @niccvig @daveweigel

        Maybe if Lyin' Lincoln put his unqualified son-in-law in charge of Civil War negotiations Andrew Jackson wouldn't of inherited that mess...

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      1. Bryn Stole‏Verified account @brynstole 1 May 2017
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        We needed more national media profiles of secessionist voters. Those scalawags at the New-York Tribune couldn't see out of their bubble.

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      1. Ernie Tedeschi‏ @ernietedeschi 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel

        "Economic anxiety" "From what?" "Loss of wealth" "From what?" "Losing my property" "What property?" "..." "..." "...slaves."

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      1. Lewis Paul Sims‏ @lewispaulsims 1 May 2017
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        Lincoln should have gone on a Listening Tour of Real America. You know, lunch counters and the like. A. Jackson would have.

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      2. Evan Aczon‏Verified account @TwoSeamGripe 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel

        actually it was ethics in gaming journalism

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      1. With Many Exceptions‏ @Kimbclay 1 May 2017
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        Lincoln's inability to get the Cotton Belt vote.

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      1. Jim Powers‏ @JDKaPow 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel

        I'm not convinced the Civil War really happened. After all, pollsters got the 2016 election wrong. And lots of people had kids in the 1860s.

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      2. Boronia 🍷‏ @boroniaw 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel

        Like, people actually make this argument though

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      3. Sally Albright‏ @SallyAlbright 1 May 2017
        Replying to @boroniaw @daveweigel

        I know.

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      1. FeckMoreWithHer‏ @RelativelySane0 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel @joanwalsh

        After further study, it became clear that repealing LincolnCare was on the mind of most folks.

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      1. Street Trash Steadicam‏ @enfilmigult 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel

        I thought it was Democrats using "identity politics" to get Crooked Lincoln 3 million fraudulent votes from slaves

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      1. David Sheridan‏ @SheridanFinAid 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel @GlennKesslerWP

        No, it was political correctness and the dishonest media.

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      1. Cinderella Cendrier‏ @akawatermusic 1 May 2017
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        It's hard to be rich when you have to pay the workers

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      1. Benjamin Valentine‏ @bvalentine14 1 May 2017
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        Well yeah - they were going to have to pay their workers.

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      1. Mark Bland‏Verified account @markbland 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel

        If you got a degree from Trump University, you would probably say dumb sh-t like this too. 😉

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      2. Jill‏ @jillco 1 May 2017
        Replying to @daveweigel

        Yes, the thought of having to pay for labor gave the Confederates anxiety!

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. tina newman Orwell was right‏ @tinaweit 1 May 2017
        Replying to @jillco @daveweigel

        that's what gives trump anxiety too! That's why he stiffs his contractors!

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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