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Good riff by the DHS GC. I would've added a simple rhetorical question, which law do I get to violate without consequence or is that a privilege solely reserved for noncitizens?

Today's weekly installment of @MorningAnswer's "In-Depth History" with Frank the History Teacher from Arlington Heights is a good one: history tells us the GOP wins when it features streetfighters not cake-eaters. And there's nothing new in this world; just the history you don't know and Frank does... +++ Streetfighter Good Morning! In November 1880, James Garfield won the Presidency winning the National Popular Vote by a mere 1900 votes, making it the closest such majority in US History. This was the 6th Republican victory in a row going back to Lincoln’s first win in 1860. Garfield won this race with the help of Party Boss Senator Roscoe Conkling who got his favorite fellow hack Chester Alan Arthur on the ticket. Whatever the ethics of Conkling were, he sure knew how to win elections. But in 1884, Conkling fell out of favor politically in NY and the new reform-minded Governor Grover Cleveland ran for President giving the Democrats their first Presidential victory since the Civil War. He won his home state with the help of Tammany Hall in Gotham, which turned out a heavy immigrant vote, one way or the other. Much like Florida once was a swing state with a conservative northern panhandle tied with Duval County and the I-4 corridor versus the liberal counterweights of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, NY in the post Civil War era had a reliably Republican Upstate countered by a Democratic New York City an it worked for Grover this time around much to Republican suspicion. So, in 1888, the most under-rated politico there ever was – Republican Senator Matt Quay of Pennsylvania, decided to counter Tammany’s alleged magical vote production and counting techniques, with his own thorough and meticulous voter list created by his own Ward Heelers who went thru of all NYCity, block by block. He also made it clear his organization was watching for “Repeaters” who voted more than once., and in an era of open caucus style voting, this was much easier to track. On election night, when Republican Benjamin Harrison realized he won New York and the Electoral College at least, he thanked God for his victory. Senator Quay responded…. “Providence hadn’t a damn thing to do with it”. Our Justice Dept needs to be on watch next week, whether in Alaska, California, Arizona. But what the GOP really needs to ensure our elections are free and fair, are gritty and determined street fighters, like the one and only Senator Matthew Quay.