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>So Joe Biden was a Democrat when the Democrats had segregationists? There were no de jure segregationists, but even into the 90s there was a significant bloc
by sbierwagen 3y ago
>So Joe Biden was a Democrat when the Democrats had segregationists?
There were no de jure segregationists, but even into the 90s there was a significant bloc of conservative Southern Democrats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition
Remember, the "red state/blue state" thing dates from the year 2000! There are many living politicians who date from before the phase change: Hillary Clinton (in Arkansas, now a solidly Republican state) was giving speeches on how crack turns Black children into "superpredators", Joe Biden himself coauthored the 1996 crime bill, which kicked off the mass incarceration era. Bill Clinton was running campaign ads on cutting off food stamps to welfare queens and overseeing executions of criminals. It was a different era.
- areyousure 3y ago> Hillary Clinton (in Arkansas, now a solidly Republican state) was giving speeches on how crack turns Black children into "superpredators" In case anyone was curious, here are her comments: > But we also have to have an organized effort against gangs. Just as in a previous generation we had an organized effort against the mob. We need to take these people on. They are often connected to big drug cartels, they are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called superpredators — no conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first, we have to bring them to heel.