希拉里的美国：民主党的秘密历史Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Movie Script

What's Abraham Lincoln doing here?

He was the founder of the Republican Party.

But if Lincoln founded the Republican Party, who founded the Democratic Party?
但如果林肯创立了共和党，谁创立了民主党？

It's time to get to the bottom of this.

Many people think the Democratic Party was founded by FDR.

But, obviously, there was a Democratic Party before FDR, going back to the 19th century.

So, what are the true origins of the Democratic Party?

In the early 19th century, Jefferson's party, the Democratic-Republican Party, split.

Out of that split came the Democratic Party and, a little later, the Republican Party.

In the 1820s, the Democrats elected a man who would uphold their principles.

His name was Andrew Jackson.

Democratic historians celebrate Jackson as a champion of the common man.

But how did Jackson win over the ordinary Democrat?

He did it by seizing the land of the American Indians.

He massacred them.

He burned their homes and villages, and in violation of treaties, he then sold that land at bargain-basement prices to white settlers in exchange for their votes.

On the topic of American Indians, Jackson spoke very candidly.

[Jackson] They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition.

Established in the midst of another and a superior race, they must necessarily yield to the force of circumstances and before long disappear.

[gavel bangs] [man] I call on Senator Frelinghuysen.

[D'Souza] The National Republican Party, which would later become the modern Republican Party, bitterly fought Jackson's Indian Removal Bill in the Senate.

I support the claims of the Indians to all of their political and civil rights.

We cannot rightfully take Indian land by violence! - That's right! - [applause] [D'Souza] National Republican Congressman Davy Crockett also opposed Jackson on this issue.

Jackson's famous, or should I say, infamous, Indian bill was brought forward.

Several of my colleagues said it was a favorite measure of the president.