HOLY COW! HISTORY: Politics Were Toxic Back In The Day. Deadlier, Too. – DV Journal

HOLY COW! HISTORY: Politics Were Toxic Back In The Day. Deadlier, Too. – DV Journal

The one (and perhaps only) thing Americans seem to agree on these days is political rhetoric is too toxic. They long for folks to cool down and behave like dignified statesmen from that long-ago time before Twitter inflamed passions. Ah, the good old days! Except they weren’t so good. In fact, angry words sometimes even resulted in death. This is the story of how one nasty exchange ended badly for everyone. President Andrew Jackson despised bank…