[jdsteel]

By the way, I’m not the first to have said no Republicans owned slaves in the Southern states that declared separation from the Union. A simple internet search yields much information but here’s a good one:

https://www.quora.com/In-American-history-has-any-Republican-ever-owned-a-slave

[jeffersondem]

“By the way, I’m not the first to have said no Republicans owned slaves in the Southern states that declared separation from the Union (during a waxing gibbous moon).”

The way you continue to add stipulations, you may be the first. Can you cite anyone else that styled the claim the way you do?

The bumbling newcomer, Dinesh D’Sousa, was the first I heard make the “no Republican” claim. You probably read his comment somewhere and just repeated it without thinking.

You are really a victim more than an offender.