Correcting McCarthy's falsehoods is not just a matter of getting the historical record right. It's crucial to counter the way that many on the right — and some liberals — downplay or whitewash America's history of expansionism and imperialism in order to foster a dangerous brand of American chauvinism…
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Kevin McCarthy shows his ignorance about American history in new video
"In his own odd way, McCarthy is recapitulating one of the central tenets of nineteenth century Manifest Destiny: that everyone wanted to be part of the US, so any US military action was not a hostile invasion but rather a liberation," Jacoby wrote. "President Polk and others in the 1840s, for example, spoke of taking 'bloodless possession' of California and New Mexico rather than admit that the U.S. seized these territories by force."
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