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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Replying to @baseballcrank @davidharsanyi
That's really saying something. He had lots of competition among Democrat senators.
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Replying to @DavidLeeRitter @davidharsanyi
It is, but he really was that bad.
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