A history lesson is provided for the neo-Confederates who dressed up in period finery to re-create the South Carolina secession ball the other night. The white crowd sang “Dixie” and reveled like it was 1860 all over again. Outside, demonstrators sang “We Shall Overcome.” In this Times piece, writers explain, no, it was not, at its core, about tariffs.

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