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Biden’s poor polling numbers have raised questions about the possibility of a blowout victory by Trump in November (thehill.com)
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[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I still can't believe political discourse in this shithole country got to the point where "Ok yes, our candidate is committing genocide, but have you considered the OTHER GUY would also do genocide (and like it more)?" is a literal line of thought but here we are

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

I'm digging and I can't find a perfect analogue yet but I bet there was something similar happening in 1828 between Jackson and J.Q. Adams

While initially ambivalent, Adams took great interest in the Creek Indians of Georgia who were being pressured by the state’s governor, George Troup, to give up their lands.

After receiving a delegation of Creeks in the capital, Adams intervened and demanded that Troup give the Indians a fairer deal for their lands, leading to the 1826 Treaty of Washington. This treaty was agreed upon between Adams and Creek leaders in Washington DC, a stark departure from previous Native American treaties which were often one-sided.

Unfortunately, this was to be but a temporary victory for the Creeks. Troup quickly organised another treaty to take the rest of the Creek lands and, while Adams threatened federal intervention against Georgia, he backed down due to fears of this incident sparking a civil war.

While Adams was ineffective in halting the march towards the calamitous Indian Removal of the 1830s, he became a strong and active critic of US Indian affairs for the rest of his life.

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