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Did William Howard Taft Really Get Stuck In A Bathtub?

As discussed in The New York Times, constantly pointing out William Howard Taft's weight and repeating the story of how he got stuck in the bathtub teaches people that it's fine to laugh at fat people.

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The book "President Taft Is Stuck In The Bath" even doubles down on the absurdity and humiliation of the imaginary predicament by inventing such details as the secretary of agriculture suggesting Taft be smeared with butter in order to facilitate his removal from the tub.

So how did this rumor get started in the first place? Apparently, Taft, who weighed 354 pounds at the time of his inauguration, was a fan of taking baths and had an extra-large one installed at the White House as well as on several ships he used to travel internationally.

Not only was a photograph of four men who installed the White House tub sitting inside it comfortably circulated widely, but in 1915, the Times published a story reporting that "the portly ex-President" had made a tub overflow after stepping into it during a stay in New Jerse

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