Trump on Friday said the “end result” of Abraham Lincoln's presidency was “questionable”

Trump tried to dog-whistle the lost cause for his base during an interview with Fox News last week. There are not fine people on “both sides”.

DONALD TRUMP: I think I've done more for the black community than any other president, and let's take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, because he did good. Although it's always questionable, you know, in other words, the end result—

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just a reminder that this happened 3 days ago:

Trump says 'result' of ending slavery is 'questionable' https://t.co/S01mwFcg4e— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 15, 2020

Venue seats 19,000:

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2020

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) June 15, 2020

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 15, 2020

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) June 15, 2020

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If you feel like taking it…https://t.co/EVlGtDiwRi

— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) June 15, 2020

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Actually, a further thought. There's been a lot of punditry on why Trump's attempt to be Richard Nixon isn't going well. And the nation has definitely changed a lot since 1968 — it's far more diverse and tolerant 1/ https://t.co/JpLLIRfCk2

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 15, 2020

• But something else that matters is that in the 60s destructive urban riots were a real thing, and there really was a crime wave. Now, by contrast, it's all fantasy and conspiracy theories: antifa terrorists are imaginary, BLM demos have been overwhelmingly peaceful 2/

• There are people who get their vision of the world from Tucker Carlson, and believe the nonsense; but they were solid Trump supporters to begin with. Law and order rhetoric based on lurid fantasies isn't going to persuade anyone 3/

• At this point Trump is hoping that we won't believe in what's actually killing Americans, and focus on what isn't. It doesn't seem to be working 4/

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According to the pool report, Trump on COVID cases: “If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any.”— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 15, 2020