Shocking! Lurid! Tawdry! A History of American Scandals

That Time President Grover Cleveland Had a Secret Son


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As "Let's go Brandon" has shown, Americans love a good eff you slogan when it comes to our politicians. But that didn't start at NASCAR. Let's go all the way back to the 1884 presidential election, when Grover Cleveland's disgusting past (involving sexual assault, committing the woman to an insane asylum, and a son) came back to bite him in the ass on the election trail as people started chanting, "Ma Ma Where's My Pa."

Logo: Jessica Balaschak 

Music: Caveman of Los Angeles by Party Store Music

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Shocking! Lurid! Tawdry! A History of American ScandalsBy Kasey Howe & Mark Peikert

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