What exactly was the “armed mob” armed with pray tell??? Flags???
Flag staffs?
In 1860, Lincoln wasn’t printed on Southern states’ ballots.
Northern states elected Lincoln as President.
Look how that turned out the following year...
“armed mob”???
Color me amazed it took 19 posts into the thread to point out that foundational error in the WaPo editorial. Everything written after that was just mental masturbation, i.e. the usual outflow from that “journalistic” sewer.