Slide from my government class where Bernie Sanders is more left wing than China, Pinochet is extreme right wing authoritarian and Milton Friedman is a sweet right wing libertarian despite advising and defending Pinochet. Obama is more authoritarian and right wing than Washington as well.
LBJ was obviously a reactionary, but the sheer right-ness of the placement on the chart suggests to me that they mean Andrew Johnson, who I’d argue represented one of the most distinct rightward (attempted) policy shifts in US history, since he immediately undertook trying to kill Reconstruction.
looking into it
Pulling some examples from an arbitrary list:
A couple years later:
He also campaigned against the “Radical Republicans” who wanted to, you know, oppose the reinstitution of slavery in the South and the reinstating of Confederates in seats of power, and fought with the more progressive cabinet members he inherited from Lincoln.
People talk about Lincoln being such a good President, but I really think all of Johnson’s shit should be held fully against him, since Lincoln knew there was going to be a Civil War if he was elected (and likely if he wasn’t) and the head of state being assassinated in [or after, as it was] a Civil War is just about the most unsurprising turn of events possible. He essentially appointed Johnson to the Presidency.
Actually there’s a few other 2016 era candidates, so I think it might be Gary Johnson. This was probably made during the 2016 election cycle.