Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

GOP Dragged For Misleading Tweet Honoring Lincoln As 'The First Republican President'

A view of the Lincoln memorial; Donald Trump
Gary Morrow/EyeEm/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Many were quick to point out that the Republican Party of today is nothing like it was back in the 1860s.

The Republican Party was dragged and given a quick history lesson after the GOP's official Twitter account published a misleading tweet honoring Abraham Lincoln, the United States' sixteenth President.

The GOP posted a photograph of the Lincoln Memorial and declared Lincoln the country's "first Republican President" in a tweet published December 5.


You can see the tweet below.

The tweet is misleading because while Lincoln was indeed a member of the Republican Party, the Republicans of his day bear no resemblance to the Republicans of today.

In fact, the claim Lincoln was a "Republican" is about as misleading as a claim Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul made last year about Democrats bearing responsibility for the creation of Jim Crow laws, which were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.

Lincoln's opposition, the Southern Democrats, defended slavery in the 19th century and proposed the racist laws that were on the books for decades well into the 20th. The United States presidential election of 1860 formalized the split in the Democratic Party and brought about the American Civil War.

The monopoly Southern Democrats held in the southern states after the war fractured as support for desegregation and civil rights reforms took center stage and many White southerners switched to the Republican Party at the national level subsequent to the passage of civil rights legislation.

Many were quick to point out the Republican Party of today is nothing like it was back in the 1860s.




Republicans' use of Lincoln is pretty well known, and former Republican President Donald Trump compared himself to the man more than once.

In 2018, Trump falsely claimed the media "excoriated" Lincoln when he gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863, suggesting Lincoln had also been the target of "fake news." Trump said the speech only came to be revered as one of Lincoln's finest 50 years after he gave it, even though a New York Times review of the speech at the time was quite favorable.

In 2020, Trump claimed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic he believes he's been "treated worse" than Lincoln was during his presidency, a mighty claim given Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

Oddly, Trump once said no one knew Lincoln was a Republican "until [Trump] came along," underscoring his lack of historical knowledge.

And in a bizarre turn, Trump claimed he could beat an undead Lincoln and Washington in a presidential race.

More from People/donald-trump

MAGA Whines That Reagan Biopic Was Snubbed By Oscars Due To 'DEI' Despite Poor Reviews
ShowBiz Direct

MAGA Whines That Reagan Biopic Was Snubbed By Oscars Due To 'DEI' Despite Poor Reviews

MAGA is grousing about the film they believe was the biggest snub of the 97th Academy Awards season: Reagan.

According to the New York Post, the biopic about former Republican President Ronald Reagan starring Dennis Quaid in the leading role was disqualified from being considered for a Best Picture Oscar after failing to meet judges' DEI standards.

Keep ReadingShow less
Jasmine Crockett; Donald Trump
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Jasmine Crockett Offers Fiery Reaction To Trump's 'Nightmare' Speech To Congress

Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas criticized President Donald Trump's "nightmare" address to Congress, saying he is “really psychotic” for saying the United States would gain control over Greenland “one way or the other.”

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, alongside the Faroe Islands, the only other autonomous territory within the Kingdom. Citizens of both Greenland and the Faroe Islands are full citizens of Denmark. As one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union, Greenland’s citizens are also recognized as EU citizens.

Keep ReadingShow less
Brie Clark; Simone Biles
@clemsongymnastics/Instagram; Marla AufmuthGetty Images/California Conference for Women/Getty Images

College Gymnast Becomes First To Do Simone Biles Move—And Biles' Response Is Everything

In what feels like 30 years ago at the start of January 2025, Simone Biles said that a big part of being a professional athlete, and a four-time Olympic Gold medalist at that, was not just pushing for the next win, but also knowing when to be done so someone else could step into the spotlight.

While talking about whether or not she'd be back for the 2028 Olympics, she said no, explaining:

Keep ReadingShow less
Brooke Rollins
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Trump's Agriculture Secretary Slammed For Bonkers Advice For Dealing With High Egg Prices

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins left people fuming after telling people who are frustrated with high egg prices to just buy some chickens to keep in their backyards.

Throughout his election campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised that his administration would take on high prices, even pledging to lower them on his very first day in office. However, the latest data tells a different story — inflation in the U.S. has actually climbed since he took over, unexpectedly rising to a six-month high of 3% in January.

Keep ReadingShow less
Maxim Naumov
Legacy On Ice

Figure Skater Who Lost Both Parents In DC Plane Crash Performs Emotional Tribute

After the tragic D.C. plane crash in January, so much outrage ensued over Trump's comments and the role his cuts to the FAA may have played in the accident that it has become easy to forget the passengers who perished.

U.S. figure skater Maxim Naumov, however, is not among those with the privilege of doing so. He lost both of his parents, pairs skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, in the crash.

Keep ReadingShow less