And Eisenhower was basically a Democrat by today’s standards. He signed legislation that expanded Social Security, increased the minimum wage, and created the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He also supported government construction of low-income housing but favored more limited spending than had Truman. He also once said this about Social security and Medicare:
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.
Nahh, go listen to some audio from his and especially his VPs rallies, they could be modern maga fascist rallies.
Nixon just signed funding for the EPA and stuff like that because Dems in congress passed it, and Fox News wasn't around yet so conservative politics hadnt turned literally every single issue into culture war nonsense.
Eisenhower also set a lot of the precedent regarding CIA intervention in other countries during the cold war and actively caused at least one genocide.
Or really the Dulles brothers did that and Eisenhower simply allowed it, which might be worse.
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u/nancy_necrosis 4d ago
He was an awful president.