How Nixon Used the ‘68 Riots to Flip Illinois – Chicago Magazine

"The most cunning politician of his generation, Nixon clawed his way out of the civic graveyard by promising to end the urban riots and campus anti-war protests of the 1960s, restoring 'law and order' to the nation. Nixon believed that people vote more out of fear than hope."
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debtsor
5 years ago

“Trump, of course, has no chance of winning Illinois. Our state hasn’t gone to a Republican since 1988, and Trump trailed Clinton by nearly a million votes here in 2016. If he chooses to run Nixon’s law and order campaign, though, we may see footage from our city in his 2020 ads.”
 
What a snarky jerk.

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