Cotton vs Conscience: A Cautionary Tale for the GOP's 'Cotton Whig' Faction

This is ultimately a tale of DeSantis v Scott and their battle over the soul of the GOP

In the mid-19th century, the Whig Party, one of America's two major political parties, was divided by a schism over slavery. Its members split into factions known as the 'Cotton Whigs' and the 'Conscience Whigs.' The former, rooted in the South and deeply entwined with the cotton industry, were comfortable overlooking the brutal realities of slavery—for…