On this day in history, May 22, 1856, Republican Senator Charles Sumner was beaten with a walking cane by Democrat Congressman Preston Brooks on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Brooks attacked Sumner because of an anti-slavery speech Sumner delivered two days earlier. Sumner suffered from severe head trauma and was unable to return to the Senate for three years.
Congressman Brooks was never prosecuted.
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Hans Switzer
The Dems had the enforcement arm under their control then too.
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Rose Manning
This has been going since the beginning of time! Unfortunately many people are being swayed by falsehoods...
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Faye chaffin
Democrats have always been evil bastards!
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