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Lol, hitler was in power in 1924? Obviously history was not your major.
OK, I looked at the post. He wasn't referring to Hitler being in power in 1924, but he claimed that Henry Ford was 'the Democratic presidential candidate' in 1924. Because all the Democrats loved Hitler and the Republicans didn't.
Of course, he's lying, at least in the sense of posting delusional partisan falsehoods recklessly.
It was the Republicans who led in 1940 with a total isolationist campaign promising to stay out of WWII, and a lot of Republicans liked Hitler.
Of course partisan labels are problematic, like at the time southern racists being Democrats before they switched.
But Ford was not a clear Democrat. He'd run for Senate as a Republican; in 1924, both parties had interest, and third parties also, but he decided not to run at all; instead he backed the Republican pro-business candidate Calvin Coolidge. The 'Democratic presidential candidate in 1924' was John Davis.
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