by brent griffiths 11/09/16 12:08 am est rudy giuliani said the 2016 election will be remembered as a throwback to the populism of andrew jackson, a cantankerous leader whose distrust of the establishment is legendary. <u+201c>and chris, i know you're a historian,<u+201d> the former new york city mayor told msnbc<u+2019>s chris matthews late tuesday. <u+201c>this is like andrew jackson's victory. this is the people beating the establishment. and that's how he [donald trump] posited right from the beginning, the people are rising up against a government they find to be dysfunctional. and yes, it's a defeat for the democrats, but this is a defeat for some republicans too.<u+201d> story continued below not only remembered as a populist, jackson himself was the victim of some election shenanigans in 1824, in what became known as the <u+201c>corrupt bargain,<u+201d> as john quincy adams became president thanks to a vote in the house despite not winning the most popular or electoral votes. but as the former mayor pointed out, jackson would go on to win the 1828 election. by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
giuliani: 2016 vote has echoes of andrew jackson - politico
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