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Who's the worst president the US has ever had? (lemm.ee)

submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 50 seconds ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Depending on how the next four years go I'm on the fence between Bush Jr. and Trump but I'd like to hear from you

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Top 5 suggestions so far (unordered):

Andrew Jackson Andrew Johnson George W. Bush Jr Ronald Reagan Richard Nixon

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Andrew Jackson was Trail of Tears, but I actually think Andrew Johnson was arguably worse. He was Lincoln's Democrat vice president (he was brought on to help "balance the ticket" instead of sticking with his strongly abolitionist first term VP Hannibal Hamlin), who started dismantling reconstruction and giving the power back to the former slaveowners.

You can pretty much lay Jim Crow at his feet.