The Republican racis.ts, with their "Southern Strategy" have mastered the art of covering up their tracks and trail leading straight to the Dixiecrats and Strom Thrumond, one of those Southern Conservati
ves that began the break from the moderate and liberal (mostly Northern) Democrats because moderate Democrat Harry Truman signed an Executive order integratin
g the military in 1948.
Subsequent
ly Thurmond and the Dixiecrats became Republcans when Kennedy and then LBJ pushed for Civil Rights with the support of moderate and liberal Democrats and Republican
s who were compelled by Kennedy's assassinat
ion to move forward with his legislativ
e agenda on Civil Rights.
BUT THE CONSERVATI
VES of both parties united to try and block it and their supporters subsequent
ly became the CONSERVATI
VE wing of the Republican Party, which is the ONLY wing of the GOP that remains. AND THE "R" behind their name stands for "RACIS.T" WHICH THEY'VE MADE SYNONYMOUS WITH REPUBLICAN
.
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