Ajit Pai @AjitPai
OTD in 1784, Benjamin Franklin rejected the bald eagle as a symbol for America, writing "[h]e is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly. ... Besides he is a rank coward." He preferred the turkey, "a much more respectable bird." https://t.co/r2Q6GsJcKG https://t.co/mdETT7hDCh — PolitiTweet.org