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LBJ was a cunning politician, not a principled civil rights champion.
President Truman’s civil rights program “is a farce and a sham—an effort to set up a police state in the guise of liberty. I am opposed to that program. I have voted against the so-called poll tax repeal bill ... I have voted against the so-called anti-lynching bill.”
— Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., Texas), 1948, U.S. Senator, 1949-61, Senate Majority Leader, 1955-61, President, 1963-69
President Truman’s civil rights program “is a farce and a sham—an effort to set up a police state in the guise of liberty. I am opposed to that program. I have voted against the so-called poll tax repeal bill ... I have voted against the so-called anti-lynching bill.”
— Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., Texas), 1948, U.S. Senator, 1949-61, Senate Majority Leader, 1955-61, President, 1963-69
'Byrnes blocked anti-lynching legislation in the senate, and he once said that lynching was necessary "in order to hold in check the Negro in the south", adding that "rape is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America".'
I'm not an expert on white racists but I like to think most white racists wouldn't even support lynching black people. Yet FDR was comfortable with this crazy Jimmy Byrnes.
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Last edited by ClemVegas; 04-27-2019 at 11:37 PM..
Are you saying LBJ didnt sign the CRA of 1964 ? That a majority of Dems in both chambers didnt support it ? that LBJ wasnt senate majority leader in 1957 and introduced the CRA of 57 in the Senate Judiciary though Russell ?
Since we both know the answer is no, your only argument is that I wasnt right about LBJ's entire record, Which wasnt the main subject, but you already knew that which is why you completely ignored that as you always do.
The busing stance advocated by Joe Biden, Democrat party superstar, is presented by liberal Democrats as the core of Nixon's 'Southern strategy' and how the GOP lured white racists away from the Democrat party.
Yet here is a long long liberal Democrat of a northern state who opposed the busing. .
Could it be possible, maybe even a little bit, that most white racists did not switch to GOP.
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