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Why did the Republican party pick the elephant for their symbol?

April 26, 2017elephant party pick Republican symbol

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Why did the Republican party pick the elephant for their symbol?

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The story goes that Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion’s skin, scaring away all the animals in the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled in the cartoon as “the republican vote”. It then became associated w/ the Republican Party.