“communists can demagogue”
Very true. Southern Democrsts definitely gave the left a lot to demagogue about.
The post-war policies were even more useful for the commies.
There’d’ve been no Obama if the Southern Democrats hadn’t done their Jim Crow and segregation and racial based oppression.
And all Democrats were fine with it for decades.
Democrats have been so successful in playing the Race Card against Republicans that some Republicans have come up with the idea of playing the Race Card Right Back - in hopes liberals will vote for the GOP.
That's not going to work for several reasons. For one thing, a lot of people are aware that Lincoln was a white supremacist. And people are generally aware that post-war northerners got very friendly very quickly with Jim Crow - segregation of races in the South by law and custom; segregation of the races in the North by custom and sometimes by law.
Oh yes, the North had the troops but they abandoned their supposed black allies quicker than you can say “Lincoln fought to free the slaves.”