Ben Tillman, arguably the worst racist in Senate history, took guns from black Americans, wrote the first federal campaign finance law, & was anti-business populist & vigorous backer of William Jennings Bryan's populist campaign in 1896, & a loyal Senate ally of Woodrow Wilson.https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1155886305630400513 …
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Tillman's white supremacist protege, James Byrnes, was a key New Dealer & appointed by FDR to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here's Pitchfork Ben Tillman getting a warm welcome from Woodrow Wilson.pic.twitter.com/qdL4EJUhAK
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Tillman's 1902 fistfight with a Senate colleague from his own state was the reason why the Senate passed the rule against disparaging a fellow Senator https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Fistfight.htm …
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Not to mention the fact that he was a member of the Red Shirts, a violent paramilitary group. His racism was not limited to simple bigoty...
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