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PUBLIC UNIVERSITY’S PLAQUE LABELS PRESIDENT LINCOLN A DEMOCRAT

The plaque, located on a historic building that’s part of Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and installed in 1905, states: “This building is dedicated to public service honoring the memory of Abraham Lincoln Democrat.”

Oops! Caught with the hand in the cookie jar! What do we do? B.S. and hope everyone buys it....

“According to building archives, the word democrat was used because Lincoln was an advocate for democracy—the political or social equality of all people,” campus officials stated in a press release. “The word was not chosen to reflect a political affiliation. … Northeastern Illinois University recognizes the context that this plaque was created and intends to uphold its integrity.”

Translation: we tried to re-write history and hoped no one would notice until the revision became fact, but since we got caught, we are gonna send out some weak ass story and let the media say "Yea, that sounds plausible. They had no ill intent in their heart. They are exonerated and the plaque should stay"