For the last 20 years the Democrats have been trying to claim Abraham Lincoln as a "true Democrat" even though he was a Republican. They tried to do it at the Oscars, on the new channels and whereever virtue signaling is coveted.
Now fuck it, he was always a Repulican. And a racist. Any nonbigoted action by him like freeing the slaves is tainted because Abe was always as a racist. Doesn't make difference how many white lives he sacrificed to free the slaves, he was ignoble.
Just mind boggling.