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Lincoln and Trump: Two of a Kind?

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Trump was denounced for his "tyrannical and despotic" attempt to withhold federal funds from self-proclaimed "sanctuary cities" that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Rather than sanctuary cities, Lincoln dealt with border states that threatened to secede and he did not rely on sweet words alone. In September 1861, Lincoln sent federal troops to arrest pro-southern members of the Maryland legislature. In Kentucky, Union commanders targeted Southern sympathizers with roving "execution squads," as the New York Times noted. Vast swaths of southern Missouri were devastated and depopulated to prevent any support for Confederate forces.


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