I stand corrected 1 (ONE) Republican owned a slave.
I stand corrected 1 (ONE) Republican owned a slave.
But that one was the most famous slave in American history, and the story of his ownership was published by newspapers around the country in 1857.
So your unsupported clam that no Republican owned a slave was proven false. Only one was needed to refute the claim. Now you have a new, unsupported claim that it was only one. What is the basis of your assertion? If you want more....
Dinesh D'Souza's actual claim was limited to one year, 1860. That limited claim was still false, and admitted false.
https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1138075846344880130
Dinesh D'Souza's original false claim
Dinesh D'Souza
@DineshDSouzaDo you know how many Republicans owned slaves in 1860, the year before the Civil War started?
The answer may surprise you if you listen to progressive (fake) historians.
Answer:
In the video "answer", D'Souza claimed that in 1860, the year before the Civil War, not one Republican in the United States owned a slave. Fake historian; fake history.
There were four delegates to the Kentucky Republican Convention in 1860 who were documented slaveholders in 1860. There were five such delegates found in Missouri. Not just any Republicans, but delegates chosen for the Convention. Here is Dinesh D'Souza's twitter response when faced by refutation.
https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1138183439922999296
Dinesh D'Souza
@DineshDSouzaTHREAD: So was I wrong about what I said about the Republican Party and slavery? Yes and no. My specific claim that no Republicans owned slaves in 1860 is incorrect. A handful did. But my larger claim that the Democrats were overwhelmingly responsible for slavery stands
3:37 PM · Jun 10, 2019
Weasel words could not save him. Just "yes" would have done. He made a very specific claim that not one Republican in the United States owned a slave in 1860. His claim was proven false.
And he went on to modify his claim so that now we can count on two hands the number of Republican slaveowners in 1860. That two hands worth was shown just by researching the delegates from Kentucky and Missouri at the Republican convention.
https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1138183480263806976
Dinesh D'Souza
@DineshDSouzaSo I’ll modify my original claim to say that in 1860, we can count on two hands the number of Republican slaveowners. Moreover, the vast, vast majority of the 4 million slaves in the country then were owned by Democrats. I’ll conclude by asking @KevinMKruse if he agrees with THAT
3:37 PM · Jun 10, 2019
D'Souza made an unresearched baseless claim and was caught.
https://twitter.com/dlaquarabbit/status/1137063399706116096
Jordan E. Taylor
@PubliusorPerishWow, so it turns out that this is super easy to verify. So I took 20 minutes and looked at the delegates for the 1860 Republican convention from Kentucky (where my family is from) and cross-referenced them with the 1860 slave schedules for KY: at least four delegates owned slaves
https://twitter.com/dlaquarabbit/status/1137063399706116096
Elon's parents failed him
@dlaquarabbitSo that's 5 of 18 Republican delegates from Missouri alone that were easily proved to own people (28%) in 1860.
Thank you @ARothmanHistory for the link to the 1860 Republican National Convention. Like shooting fish in a barrel!
#TakeItBack Dinesh!
1:26 PM · Jun 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1137444972708409351
Kevin M. Kruse
@KevinMKruseYeah, but as others noted, @DineshDSouza promised he'd "take it back" if people found "one solitary" example of a Republican who owned slaves in 1860 and you've found five.
That's not "one solitary" so … checkmate, libs!