TIL The 1828 Tariff of Abominations, meant to be so “abominable” it would fail, was meant as a political trap by Southern Democrats to hurt John Quincy Adams. But enough New Englanders unexpectedly supported that it passed, raising tariffs on various goods to unprecedented highs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_of_Abominations
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