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minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 month agoI thought carpetbagging explicitly meant what you said, but moving to reconstruction south from one of the union states.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoYes, that’s how it originated, and it was further used to describe any opportunistic politician moving to another geographic region to win elections there.
I thought carpetbagging explicitly meant what you said, but moving to reconstruction south from one of the union states.
Yes, that’s how it originated, and it was further used to describe any opportunistic politician moving to another geographic region to win elections there.