Death of a Nation By; Dinesh D'Souza

(A Documentary) Once again D’Souza has entered the political arena demonizing the Democratic Party. His two previous films were about Obama and Hillary. In this one he reviews this party from the 1860’s and their pro-slavery agenda. Lincoln and the Republican Party opposed them. Slavery was the issue at that time even though preserving the Union was the justification. He reminds us how difficult it was to pass the 13th and 14th Amendments when nearly all Northern Democrats were opposed. After the Federal Troops were removed from the South the Democrats, synonymous with the K.K.K. kept the colored people in virtual bondage preventing them from voting, owning valuable property and guns. This continued until the 1960’s when Civil Rights legislation was enacted. President Lyndon Johnson was powerful enough to persuade the Southerners to go along. He claimed they would have the black vote for the next 200 years. There was a segment about white immigrants being controlled and forced to work for low wages while being urged to vote Democrat. He points out correctly in my opinion that President Wilson was racist. After taking office he eliminated people of the black race from government. He had the film “Birth of a Nation” shown in the White House. This film glorified the K.K.K. He recounts the rise of Hitler and Mussolini and the tragedies that resulted from them including the wholesale murder of millions of Jews, gypsies, communists, invalids and even Christian ministers and priests. The one part I disagreed violently was his condemnation of President F.D.R. To me and most Americans alive during his years in office we considered him our savior. He did what he could while trying to keep the South as part of his party. When President Truman desegregated the military the Southerners broke away and created the Dixiecrat Party. He ends by exhorting Americans to support the Republican Party under the leadership of President Trump, and further chastens Republican officials to get behind his programs. There was applause when the movie ended. Guess most were of a like mind. I feel so alone sometimes it encouraged me. Go to see it for yourself and you decide. Jack B. Walters August 4, 2018