Smear campaign facts for kids

A smear campaign, or smear tactic is an effort to damage or question someone's reputation. It may apply to individuals or groups.

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  "The Great Republican Reform Party Calling on their Candidate", an 1856 political cartoon in which various "extremists", including a Catholic, press John C. Frémont, the first Republican party candidate for president of the United States, for their respective causes. There was a political campaign smear rumor current in 1856 that Fremont was a Catholic.