Could you imagine half of Republican senators voting for something like this today?https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1050201321045970944 …
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Don’t think this is right. Even at that point, Republicans were complicit in courting Southern racists. CRA was a must-pass in the north. But republicans knew the long game.
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This isn’t to say that Democrats weren’t guilty of courting racists. But the Southern Strategy dates back to at least the New Deal. McCain and the so-called “decent” and “civil” Republicans trafficked in racism too. Don’t let them off the hook
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