Uh, I will point out, though, that how did we abolish slavery? Look, we abolished slavery, number one. The person who did it was Abraham Lincoln, the very first Republican president. Our party was created in order to defeat slavery. That was the purpose. That's the origin of the Republican Party, the Democrat Party, by the way, virtually its entire tenure defended state slavery and fought ferociously in favor of slavery. (02:29–02:34)
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