Thread by @greg_doucette, As folks around the country celebrate #Juneteenth , did y'all know North [...]

As folks around the country celebrate #Juneteenth

, did y'all know North Carolina has a career politician who has insisted (repeatedly!

) that Abraham Lincoln was worse than Adolf Hitler?

This thread is raising money for his Dem opponent in November

1/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gailyoung

I just gave to Gail Young for NC House!

Join us! Contribute today.

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If you read that prior tweet and thought "no f*ckin' way," have some news stories

From @indyweek, quoting him: "And if Hitler had won, should the world just get over it? Lincoln was the same sort if [sic] tyrant"

2/ https://indyweek.com/news/archives/n.c.-representative-larry-pittman-calls-abraham-lincoln-same-sort-of-tyrant-hitler-even-making/

N.C. Representative Larry Pittman Calls Abraham Lincoln the “Same Sort [of] Tyrant” as Hitler and...

https://indyweek.com/news/archives/n.c.-representative-larry-pittman-calls-abraham-lincoln-same-sort-of-tyrant-hitler-even-making/

From @newsobserver, quoting him:

"'Praise God for such a great patriot and Christian gentleman as Robert E. Lee,' Pittman wrote. He added: 'This great man hated slavery, and freed the slaves he inherited well before Lincoln's War Against Statehood'"

3/ https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article239836698.html#storylink=cpy

Fact check: NC lawmaker says Lincoln was a ‘traitor’ and Robert E. Lee ‘hated slavery’

Rep. Larry Pittman also weighed in on the protesters who tore down Silent Sam: “The people who did this dastardly deed are no better than ISIS tearing down monuments overseas.”

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article239836698.html#storylink=cpy

Again from the @newsobserver, again quoting him:

"Secession was not unconstitutional. Seeking to subjugate free and independent States was. Lincoln was the traitor who repeatedly violated the Constitution."

4/ https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article239836698.html#storylink=cpy

Fact check: NC lawmaker says Lincoln was a ‘traitor’ and Robert E. Lee ‘hated slavery’

Rep. Larry Pittman also weighed in on the protesters who tore down Silent Sam: “The people who did this dastardly deed are no better than ISIS tearing down monuments overseas.”

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article239836698.html#storylink=cpy

There are quite a few more, which are no less batsh*t than what you saw above

But after spending nearly a decade in the North Carolina House of Representatives, things started to shift last year

Notably, the crazy guy only won re-election by 1,500ish votes

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(That's compared to his prior elections, where he won by 4K, then 6K, etc)

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Needless to say, it's long past time to retire these neo-Confederate slavery apologists

Hence this thread

I'm going to kick in $2/donor for every. single. person. who donates to Crazy Guy's opponent between now and 11:59pm PDT today

7/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gailyoung

I just gave to Gail Young for NC House!

Join us! Contribute today.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gailyoung

(I'll tell you more about Gail shortly, but wanted to get the rules out there

)

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The rules are simple:

Donate any amount to Gail's campaign (US citizens only! Foreign + business contributions are illegal)

DM or @ me a screenshot w/ your receipt

I'll kick in +$2 per donor for each donor between 9a-11:59p PDT today

9/ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gailyoung

I just gave to Gail Young for NC House!

Join us! Contribute today.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gailyoung

Let me briefly tell you a bit about Gail

This is her (obvs)

We also chatted on the phone a few months back

She's a North Carolina native, with 26 years of experience in local government

She's running to restore some balance to the Legislature (and oust a Traitor Tot)

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We obviously come from different political lineages, and I'm sure Gail and I disagree on quite a bit

But she supports the same UNC System I love, she opposes the same politician-protecting gerrymanders I oppose, and she understands how screwed our criminal justice system is

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And, importantly, Gail is **NOT A NEO-CONFEDERATE APOLOGIST WHO THINKS LINCOLN WAS WORSE THAN HITLER**

Which – somehow, still, in the Year of Our Lord 2020 – is a thing that needs to be acknowledged

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https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gailyoung

So when your time permits, I would *love* if you would do North Carolina democracy and me a personal favor and toss a few bucks her way

Shoot me confirmation, and I'll add $2 apiece

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