Not a good day for Sarah Huckabee Sanders or the places that taught her history (looking at you Central High and Ouachita Baptist).
As the Baghdad Bob of the Trump Administration, Sanders again did her duty to defend the indefensible Wednesday, this
Huckabee propagated the Confederate-friendly mythology, citing documentary maker Ken Burns as a source. Soon after, Burns dealt with the issue curtly on Twitter.
Many factors contributed to the Civil War. One caused it: slavery.
— Ken Burns (@KenBurns) October 31, 2017
Historian Barbara Fields ended the film: “the Civil War is still going on. It's still to be fought and regrettably it can still be lost.”
— Ken Burns (@KenBurns) October 31, 2017
Lord, isn’t Fields right about that? Trump and his enablers have decided to take their stand on the Lost Cause. No wonder. A good third of the country is with them, more in these parts.
Sanders drew criticism from all over and departed her strutting and fretful time on the Civil War stage with reporter April Ryan shouting an unanswered question as she retreated:
Does the president think slavery is wrong?
Perhaps Ryan will get another shot at that pertinent question today. I look forward to hearing the female Huckster lecture on the two sides of slavery.
UPDATE: At the daily press briefing today, Ryan asked her question again. Huckabee at first tried to avoid the issue, but then said it was “disgusting” and “absurd” to say anyone in the Trump administration supported slavery. She declined to “relitigate” Civil War history and her comments about compromise.