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no_hypocrisy

(53,267 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 05:32 AM Sep 22

I've been thinking about another political assassination and how

nothing of consequence happened because of it.

I'm talking about Huey Long. The "Chicken in Every Pot" and "Every Man is a King" guy.

He was popular in the media and in politics. "Share the Wealth".

FDR was justly concerned about Long's influence and competition politically. Long was bigger than Louisana.

On September 8, 1935, Long was in the State Capitol in Baton Rouge for a special session of the Louisiana legislature, pushing through a number of bills including a measure to gerrymander opponent Judge Benjamin Pavy out of his job. Pavy's son-in-law shot him dead in 1935. An estimated 200,000 mourners flocked to Baton Rouge to pay their respects.

After Long's assassination, nationally, his Share Our Wealth societies dwindled following the re-election of President Franklin Roosevelt.

I can't see how Charlie Kirk's assassination has more resonance than Long's. Because of social media? Better messaging? Long had a theoretical chance at the presidency. Kirk was a mere influencer.

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