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| Henry A. Wallace. Photo by D.N. Townsend, 1940, via Wikipedia. |
Like everybody else around here, I've heard that quote dozens of times and possibly used it myself, but this started me off wondering what Democrats Truman might have been talking about, and whether it was a genuine quote at all, a question Dr. Google doesn't seem to have heard recently, but it turned out to be not too hard to find the source, an address Truman gave at a dinner of the Americans for Democratic Action, 17 May 1952:Harry Truman: “Given a choice between a Republican & a Democrat who acts like a Republican; the voters will pick the Republican every time.”— Ryan Knight 🌹 (@ProudResister) March 8, 2020
Moderates are convinced that we have to compromise our progressive values to win.
They’re wrong.
We have to fight for our values to win.
