Thread by @HugoDanteJr, FDR refused to invite Jesse Owens to the White House even after [...]

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FDR refused to invite Jesse Owens to the White House even after he won four gold medals at the Olympics in Nazi Germany

There are plenty of other literal examples of FDR openly being paranoid, xenophobic, and racist lol https://twitter.com/rbreich/status/1387590505039482884

https://twitter.com/rbreich/status/1387590505039482884

Xenophobia? Hmmm how about literally sending Japanese families in the US to concentration camps.

How about antisemitism? https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2013-apr-07-la-oe-medoff-roosevelt-holocaust-20130407-story.html

What FDR said about Jews in private

What FDR said about Jews in private

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2013-apr-07-la-oe-medoff-roosevelt-holocaust-20130407-story.html

FDR’s lionization by the left is so funny to me, the man was a scumbag

5 minutes on Google and you can hit the entire checklist of “this is a bad person” behavior

Affairs?

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/weekinreview/20mcgrath.html?referringSource=articleShare

No End of the Affair (Published 2008)

Despite the bargain with Eleanor, Franklin Roosevelt loved Lucy Mercer throughout.

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/weekinreview/20mcgrath.html?referringSource=articleShare

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