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Biden
is hardly alone. Include Hillary and other prominent Democrats also. Democrats have been lying about themselves and their opponents
for so long that only a few Democrats understand the deep history of racism and mass killings by white supremacists in their own party.
Even fewer comprehend that Republicans were the liberators of the slaves and the party that fought segregation.
Even fewer comprehend that Republicans were the liberators of the slaves and the party that fought segregation.
Brief History of the Democratic Party
Here is a brief history of the Democratic Party, not according to me, but according to one of the most distinguished liberal American historians, Eric Foner, author of "A Short History of Reconstruction."
Here is a brief history of the Democratic Party, not according to me, but according to one of the most distinguished liberal American historians, Eric Foner, author of "A Short History of Reconstruction."
Take note of this summation of Foner's book:
"In effect, the [Ku Klux] Klan was a military force serving the interests
of the Democratic Party, the planter class, and all those who desired the
restoration of white supremacy.
The Klan's purposes were political in the broadest sense, for it sought to affect power
relations, both public and private, throughout Southern society. It aimed to
destroy the Republican Party's infrastructure, undermine the Reconstruction
state, reestablish control of the black labor force and restore racial
subordination in every aspect of Southern Life."
End the Democratic Control of the Black Vote
What occurs to me as I read these stunning words is how successful the Democratic Party has actually been in achieving those goals over the last 130 plus years. Today, it not only has "control of the black labor force," it has control over the black vote - the very vote it sought to deny for most of those the years after the War Between the States. This is why the late Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. He understood the history. He recognized who represented political allies and political foes.
What occurs to me as I read these stunning words is how successful the Democratic Party has actually been in achieving those goals over the last 130 plus years. Today, it not only has "control of the black labor force," it has control over the black vote - the very vote it sought to deny for most of those the years after the War Between the States. This is why the late Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. He understood the history. He recognized who represented political allies and political foes.
Klu Klux Klan's War Against Blacks
Here's some more from Foner, who tells the story most Americans have never heard - that the Klan's war was not just against blacks, it was also against Republicans: "Violence was typically directed at Reconstructions local leaders. As Emmanuel Fortune, driven from Jackson, County, Florida, by the Klan, explained: "The object of it is to kill out the leading men of the Republican Party men who have taken a prominent stand."
Here's some more from Foner, who tells the story most Americans have never heard - that the Klan's war was not just against blacks, it was also against Republicans: "Violence was typically directed at Reconstructions local leaders. As Emmanuel Fortune, driven from Jackson, County, Florida, by the Klan, explained: "The object of it is to kill out the leading men of the Republican Party men who have taken a prominent stand."
• Jack Dupree was a victim of a particularly brutal murder in Monroe County,
Mississippi. White assailants cut his throat and disemboweled him, all within sight
of his wife, who had just given birth to twins. He was 'president of a Republican
club' and known as a man who would speak his mind."
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"On occasion, violence escalated from the victimization of individuals to
wholesale assaults on the Republican Party and its leadership. In October 1870,
after Republicans carried Laurens County, in South Carolina's Piedmont belt, a
racial altercation at Laurensville degenerated into a 'negro chase' in which
bands of whites drove 150 freedmen from their homes and committed 13 murders.
The victims included the newly elected white probate judge, a black legislator and others 'known and prominent as connected with politics.'"
The victims included the newly elected white probate judge, a black legislator and others 'known and prominent as connected with politics.'"
"Founded
in 1866 as a Tennessee social club, the Ku Klux Klan spread into nearly every
Southern state, launching a reign of terror' against Republican leaders black
and white.
Those assassinated during the campaign included Arkansas Congressman James M. Hinds, three members of the South Carolina legislature, and several men who had served in constitutional conventions.
Those assassinated during the campaign included Arkansas Congressman James M. Hinds, three members of the South Carolina legislature, and several men who had served in constitutional conventions.
In
Louisiana, even moderate ex-Governor Hahn by October complained that 'murder
and intimidation are the order of the day in this state.' White gangs roamed
New Orleans, intimidating blacks and breaking up Republican meetings. In St.
Landry Parrish, a mob invaded the plantations, killing as many as 200 blacks.
Commanding Gen. Lovell Rousseau, a friend and supporter of the president, refused to take action, urging blacks to stay away from the polls for self-protection and exulting that the 'ascendance of the negro in this state is approaching its end."
Commanding Gen. Lovell Rousseau, a friend and supporter of the president, refused to take action, urging blacks to stay away from the polls for self-protection and exulting that the 'ascendance of the negro in this state is approaching its end."
Not
only are today's Democrats lying about themselves and their opponents. They are
telling a story that is the polar opposite of the truth and still getting away with it. Now go to Democrats Still Trying to Fool Blacks..
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