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Besides the party pandering, they even elected these monsters into the US Senate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#Ku_Klux_Klan https://en.wikipedia.org
by tmaly 9y ago
Besides the party pandering, they even elected these monsters into the US Senate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#Ku_Klux_Klan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#Ku_Klux_Klan
- psychometry 9y agoTop-notch Whataboutism, there...
- extra88 9y agoHe also filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But he outlasted his "Dixiecrat" origins and repeatedly expressed regret and apologized for his past views. Still, he was never a very progressive party member and not really representative of the party overall. Other Dixiecrats, like Strom Thurmond, switched to the Republican party when the found the Democratic party no longer in line with their racist views.