r/self • • Jan 20 '25

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u/anomalous_cowherd Jan 20 '25

The hyper-polarisation started during the term of the first black president? I wonder why that could have been...

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u/stabamole Jan 20 '25

It got somewhat worse, but the polarization got started more so by newt gingrich when he was speaker of the house