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Lloyd Green

The Lincoln Miracle review: how Republicans chose their great redeemer

The Lincoln-Douglas debate in Charleston, Illinois, in September 1858.
The Lincoln-Douglas debate in Charleston, Illinois, in September 1858. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The party of Lincoln is dead. A half century after the civil rights backlash begat Richard Nixon’s southern strategy, Donald Trump announced on Fox News that his accomplishments may have surpassed those of the 16th president.

“So, I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, ’cause he did good, although it’s always questionable.”

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