No Canings, Yet

For John, BLUF:  Things are pretty bad in DC, but not as bad as it has been in he past.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Caning of Charles Sumner

From The Instapundit, by Professor Gail Heriot, 22 May 2019.

Here is the blurb:

On this day in 1856, Rep. Preston Brooks (D-S.C.) beat Senator Charles Sumner (R-Mass.) nearly to death on the floor of the U.S Senate.  As nasty as things are, they aren’t that nasty.  (Not yet anyway.)

Thank God.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff