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Our very first mistake was not sending Nixon to prison. Set a bad precedent.
Our first mistake was not stomping out the confederacy hard enough.
That was a huge mistake. We are still dealing with the consequences of the failure of reconstruction. (Article is a few years old but still very relevant.) archival link
Racism was the primary motivator for Trump votes in 2016.
It was right there.