@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Next time bring a cane. #PrestonBrooks

Citizen Cane The Story of Two Canes

Representative Al Green wasn’t the first nor the only Congressman to wield a cane in defiance in Congressional history. The first time was, as you might guess, involved the issue of slavery. #algreen #algreencane #cane
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Preston Brooks @SenPBrooks I beat this senator up for denouncing slaveowners and he sent me this Messages (1) Charles Sumner Today 2:04 PM I lived bitch

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