The thin-skinned president who made it illegal to criticize his office – John Adams, not Donald Trump — WaPo https://t.co/nH5W6HHN1E
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 24, 2019
People who say we’ve never had politics before like we do today are just ignoring history. At least Mike Pence isn’t shooting at Jack Lew. John Adams was a great patriot, but, man, did he have a thin skin.
Speaking of Aaron Burr, sir…
“Aaron Burr, Sir”!
Aaron Burr, who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, had a secret family of color – The Washington Post https://t.co/PRNAOXj90O
— Annette Gordon-Reed (@agordonreed) August 24, 2019
I know that this has very little to do with our media, but maybe I can make a claim toward the musical Hamilton?