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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2018, 09:40 PM Jul 2018

You can't make this s--t up. Trump says he's more popular among Republicans than Lincoln was

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Josh Barro
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Deep in that Sun interview, Trump brags that his poll numbers with Republicans are even better than Lincoln's were. Lincoln died a decade before the telephone was invented and about eight decades before presidential approval polling began. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6766531/trump-may-brexit-us-deal-off/ …

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You can't make this s--t up. Trump says he's more popular among Republicans than Lincoln was (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2018 OP

His good friend Frederick Douglass told him so htuttle Jul 2018 #1

Republicans... Mike Nelson Jul 2018 #2

"Mr Trump also said Mrs May's nemesis Boris Johnson would 'make a great Prime Minister'." dalton99a Jul 2018 #3

Polls were done by telegraph in those days. marylandblue Jul 2018 #4

A Lot Less People Too, You Idiot... Grassy Knoll Jul 2018 #5

Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #6

Lincoln was never nominated for an Emmy, either. (n/t) Jim Lane Jul 2018 #7

More evidence that Trump needs to have the 25th amendment used. area51 Jul 2018 #8

He almost certainly is... regnaD kciN Jul 2018 #9

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

1. His good friend Frederick Douglass told him so

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 09:41 PM

Jul 2018

Mike Nelson

(9,953 posts)

2. Republicans...

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 09:44 PM

Jul 2018

… would definitely prefer Trump over Lincoln. Lincoln favored "big government" over "states rights" and thought non-white people should be free citizens!