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Kathryn McGarr on Trumpism and lessons from American history

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

November 15, 2024

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UW-Madison journalism professor Kathryn McGarr considers questions about historical parallels between the second Trump administration and the mid-20th century's America First movement and McCarthyism.

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A scan shows a handwritten narrative on a page of age-darkened paper, reading Wisconsin troops were allowed to cast a legal vote in the field and the votes thus cast were counted in the state election. The 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, veteran volunteers voted in Atlanta, Georgia, on the 8th day of November, 1864, with the following result: For Lincoln 324, For McClellan 21, Total: 345. Nearly all who voted for McClellan were conscripts and bounty men. Very few veterans were inclined to vote the democratic-copperhead ticket. The solders of this regiment...

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