THINGS AREN’T THIS BAD: 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.)
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