H.L. Mencken

[Coldwater]

It’s important to note that Mencken was not only a journalist but also a satirist and it was he who in July of 1925 dubbed the Scopes Trial “The Monkey Trial”




The actual second half of the original quote:

"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron”

[John1956PA]

1. Thank you for pointing out the actual wording at the end.

The verbage "fool and complete narcissistic" was added by someone who created the web meme.

[andym]

2. Link to the actual newspaper article containing the Mencken quote

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-hl-mencken-article-26/21831908/

[calimary]

3. Mr. Mencken, you never guessed how right you'd turn out to be.

And you still went easy on him.