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Political Uses of the Past: Interactive Timeline

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About the Project

This project is a growing collection of political uses of the past by elected and appointed officials. It is also an invitation to historians and…

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Political Uses of the Past Browser

A searchable table of uses of the past by elected and appointed officials. Return to the main page. The table consists of uses of the…

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Trump AdministrationJanuary 21, 2019

You can’t impeach a president who has done more than any other president in the history of our country; that’s the way Trump views it

You can’t impeach somebody that’s doing a great job. … I’ve probably done more in the first two years than any President, any administration, in […]

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SenateJanuary 15, 2019

#WWLD? Evoking Lincoln for Some Shutdown Shaming

Based on some lines from the Gettysburg Address, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) has concluded that there is no way “President Lincoln, the founder of the […]

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Trump AdministrationJanuary 7, 2019

Highest ever, lowest ever, best ever, worst ever, and a series of historic firsts: Trump celebrates the new year with a ball drop of history-centered hyperbole

A series of generally unscripted appearances by the president has provided the Political Uses of the Past Project with a bevy of unusual history-centered claims. […]

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UncategorizedOctober 4, 2017

Today’s summary: We will be hearing more about Clinton’s welfare reform, and soon

As the Political Uses of the Past project continues to divide time between improving the back end and updating the front, these posts have fallen […]

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SummariesSeptember 27, 2017

Trump administration seems doomed to repeat its historical talking points

This blog has been on an extended hiatus for maintenance and under-the-hood improvements, but as far as the current administration is concerned it didn’t miss […]

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SummariesSeptember 20, 2017

Daily Summary: Uses of the past from Trump’s UN speech, why do we vote on Tuesday, and more

While President Trump’s promise to destroy North Korea has grabbed most of the headlines, he also made pointed uses of the past during his speech […]

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SummariesSeptember 19, 2017

Daily summary: Immigration and the 1980s, the US and Asia after World War II, and Reagan’s medium-range missile treaty

Today’s summary of political uses of the past includes a series of statements about immigration that use the 1980s as a point of reference. A […]

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Mick Mulvaney Republicans Trump AdminJuly 14, 2017

Mick Mulvaney: Reagan challenged “malaise” and “steered us to a boom”

For merely suggesting that we can get back to that level [3 percent annual growth], the administration has been criticized as unrealistic. That’s fine with […]

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House of Representatives Liz Cheney (R–WY) RepublicansJuly 14, 2017

Rep. Liz Cheney: “Lessons of the past” support increased defense spending

Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to read something that Ronald Reagan said back in 1982 on an issue when they were having similar issues […]

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Marco Rubio (R–FL) Republicans SenateJuly 14, 2017

Sen. Marco Rubio: “Democracies very rarely start wars”

We look at the history of our hemisphere, here in the Western Hemisphere, and we see that up until about 25 years ago, most of […]

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