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Thomas Jefferson: The Hypocrite

September 8, 2020

Thomas Jefferson: The Hypocrite

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    Today's subject is maybe the most controversial president in history, Thomas Jefferson.

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    Side-eyeing our third president is a time-honored American tradition.

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    Martha Washington once said that the worst day of her life was when her husband George died, and the second worst day was when Thomas Jefferson visited her house.

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He promised his dying wife he would never remarry, then turned around and forced 14-year-old Sally Hemings—whose family he enslaved—to be his concubine. Slavery, a murder conspiracy, his own personal Burn Book… Thomas Jefferson may have been a Founding Father, but he was as dirty as they get.

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