A hack job, outright lies : Trump commission s 1776 Report outrages historians
Gillian Brockell, The Washington Post
Jan. 19, 2021
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Historians responded with dismay and anger Monday after the White House s 1776 Commission released a report that it said would help Americans better understand the nation s history by restoring patriotic education. It s a hack job. It s not a work of history, American Historical Association executive director James Grossman told The Washington Post. It s a work of contentious politics designed to stoke culture wars.
The commission was created in September with a confusing news conference featuring Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. The 45-page report is largely an attack on decades of historical scholarship, particularly when it comes to the nation s 400-year-old legacy of slavery, and most of those listed as authors lack any credentials as historians. While claiming to present a nonpartisan histor
Trump era s battles over truth will outlast his term, experts say
Jose A. Del Real, The Washington Post
Jan. 18, 2021
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Qanon supporters wait for the military flyover at the World War II Memorial during July 4th celebrations in Washington, D.C., in 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump stands as a singular figure in American history for his willingness to entertain conspiracy theories from the Oval Office, and none has been more damaging or far reaching than his unsubstantiated claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him. One out of every three Americans believes that there was widespread fraud in the last presidential election, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, despite no evidence to support that view. Two in three Republicans believe so.
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Richard Nixon’s close political allies alleged voting fraud and demanded recounts after his loss to John F. Kennedy in 1960, including in New Jersey. Unlike President Donald Trump, Nixon publicly accepted the loss, though he privately said he d been robbed.
Herbert Hoover attempted to undermine Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s proposed New Deal after Hoover lost the 1932 presidential election, setting the stage for political divisions that still exist.
Andrew Jackson’s followers blamed a so-called “corrupt bargain” in Congress for costing him the presidency in 1824. He won four years later, supported by people who believed he was their champion against Washington elites.