LINCOLN WAS THE GREAT AMERICAN SECTIONALIST MASQUERADING AS A NATIONALIST

So, Brooks has Lincoln all wrong, re Brooks' nationalism.
The Republicans were the sectionalist party, not at all a nationalist party, not the Democrats, and Douglas, who were the actual nationalist party.

If Brooks says Trump is a sectionalist, then I say his classic, quintessential predecessor is Lincoln, Brooks' own so called nationalist hero.

Go figure.