In recent years, Stein has become more of a political presence.

He is also a proud and unapologeticDonald Trumpsupporter, whom he considers a father figure.

“I pray he comes back in 2024,” hewrotein a column.

Ben Stein smiling

Stein has further shown his loyalty to Trump by choosing Truth Social as his social media platform.

But a recent post he made is getting hammered on Twitter, the app he no longer uses.

But his recent attempt to invoke history is falling flat.

He went on to say, “The original GOP was started to free the slaves.

That is what the Republican Party was founded on.

Now the Democratic Party has never done anything like this in its history.

Why does the Republican Party not get credit for that?

Twitter rushed to set him straight.

Historian Heather Cox Richardsonexplained, “The Republican Party was not started ‘to free the slaves.’

“Ben knows better, he just knows the Republican base does not know better,” hesaid.