American conservatives has been directly tied to white supremacy since the days if the Second KKK. Buckley favored segregation, Nixon tried to undermine civil rights, Reagan gave a " states' rights" speech in Philadelphia MS, and so on. The latest wave is just the newest manifestation of this
American conservatives has been directly tied to white supremacy since the days if the Second KKK. Buckley favored segregation, Nixon tried to undermine civil rights, Reagan gave a " states' rights" speech in Philadelphia MS, and so on. The latest wave is just the newest manifestation of this
Goldwater, Reagan, and GHW Bush all publicly opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Taft and Hoover actively tried to purge the Republican Party of all its Black leaders.
Coolidge actively tried to get KKK support in 1924, a year when KKK member Republicans managed to get elected as Governors of Indiana and Colorado.
Now back in the days of Taft, Coolidge, and Hoover, the Democrats were just as bad. Maybe worse. Every Democratic national ticket from 1876 through 1936 had at least one segregationist -- or worse -- on it, with the exception of 1904 and 1920, which not conincidentally were the Democrats' worst drubbings during that period. Republicans were better on Civil Rights from 1936 through 1960.
American conservatives has been directly tied to white supremacy since the days if the Second KKK. Buckley favored segregation, Nixon tried to undermine civil rights, Reagan gave a " states' rights" speech in Philadelphia MS, and so on. The latest wave is just the newest manifestation of this
Goldwater, Reagan, and GHW Bush all publicly opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Taft and Hoover actively tried to purge the Republican Party of all its Black leaders.
Coolidge actively tried to get KKK support in 1924, a year when KKK member Republicans managed to get elected as Governors of Indiana and Colorado.
Now back in the days of Taft, Coolidge, and Hoover, the Democrats were just as bad. Maybe worse. Every Democratic national ticket from 1876 through 1936 had at least one segregationist -- or worse -- on it, with the exception of 1904 and 1920, which not conincidentally were the Democrats' worst drubbings during that period. Republicans were better on Civil Rights from 1936 through 1960.