This may not be all that surprising, given the policies Lincoln implemented (and his position that minorities are equal people), but it's still cool to hear.
"The Republican party today has turned into a group of people who don’t actually believe that government is a good thing," Kushner said. "You can’t have any connection to Abraham Lincoln if you think that. Lincoln was a lawyer who had a profound belief in the conviction that government was a great blessing for humanity, and certainly wouldn’t have read Ayn Rand. He wouldn’t have had any interest."
Whole article is here.
Has anyone seen the movie yet?