In between dealing with his numerous scandals, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently found time for historical musings. “The extreme Right in this country refuse to accept the results of the Civil War,” he stated, and “[t]hey have repeatedly called for a rematch.”
These inflammatory words are both alarming and predictable, coming from a discredited radical with a six percent approval rating. (Mayor Johnson seems to have found a novel cure for our nation’s polarization; opposition to him.) But what fascinates me about his statement is his completely backwards understanding of the current political situation. For Mayor Johnson’s sake, I will put it as clearly as I can: the Trump administration is on the side of the law, the precedent, and the Constitution, whereas leaders like Mayor Johnson are flirting with the side previously filled by past Democrat insurrectionists.
Since the subject interests Mayor Johnson so much, let’s take a look at the history.
In 1861, as southern Democrat leaders agitated for war against the Union, President Lincoln sent supplies to the federal Fort Sumter. South Carolinians, roused by Democrat leaders who called for violent resistance against this legitimate federal action, attacked the fort and started the Civil War.
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