Strom Thurmond standing before The Senate in a record-breaking filibuster against the Civil Rights Act (August 29th, 1957)
The Time Strom Sturmond did a 24-hour filibuster trying to prevent the passing of the 1957 Civil Rights Act youtube.com/watch?v=7zSKw…
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed labor strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed labor strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed labor strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
To what extent was Lyndon Johnson responsible for the passage of the 1957 and 1964 Civil Rights Acts and the 1965 Voting Rights Act? Without him in government, how long would it have been before meaningful civil rights legislation passed?
Pat Pizzella's school days: In college, Trump's acting Secretary of Labor was a conservative bomb-thrower. | In the 1970s, Patrick Pizzella opposed strikes, compared liberal Democrat George McGovern to Hitler, praised white supremacist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond, etc. politico.com/story/2019/0…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs)
George W. Bush, Laura Bush Awarded Liberty Medal Amid Protests From Veterans: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/11/11/george-w-bush-laura-bush-awarded-liberty-medal-amid-protests-from-veterans/ [2018]
Joe Biden: "I actually like Dick Cheney... I get on with him. I think he's a decent man." He adds that Cheney was "extremely helpful" about the "legal parameters" of the VP office. Without irony. Mondale then says his view of Cheney is "a little bit different." The crowd laughs: https://twitter.com/emmavigeland/status/1123975598999789571 [2015]
In Omaha, Joe Biden calls Mike Pence "a decent guy, our vice president.": https://twitter.com/reidepstein/status/1101240631010213893 [2019]
Joseph Biden: Eulogy for James Strom Thurmond: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/joebidenstromthurmondeulogy.htm / https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4790947/joe-biden-eulogy [2003]
In 2001, Joe Biden praised white supremacist and right-wing death squad supporter Jesse Helms for reducing U.S. funding for the United Nations: "Just as only Nixon could go to China, only Helms can fix the U.N.": https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2001-02-19-0102190052-story.html [2001]
Then-Judiciary Chairman Sen. Biden Praised William Barr As A "Heck Of An Honorable Guy": https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/12/08/then-judiciary_chairman_sen_biden_praised_william_barr_as_a_heck_of_an_honorable_guy.html [1991]
In the 1990s, Joe Biden said William Barr was "one of the best" attorneys general: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-the-1990s-joe-biden-said-william-barr-was-one-of-the-best-attorney-generals/ [1995]
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Biden personally awarded Bush), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogized), and William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. Attorneys General) old.reddit.com/r/occupywa…
Here's Joe Biden praising the "truth, genius, and virtue" of segregationist Strom Thurmond twitter.com/people4bernie…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Biden personally awarded Bush), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogized), and William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. Attorneys General) old.reddit.com/r/occupywa…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Liberty Medal), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogy), Jesse Helms ("only Helms can fix the U.N."), & William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. AGs) /r/occupywallstreet/comme…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Biden personally awarded Bush), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogized), and William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. Attorneys General) old.reddit.com/r/occupywa…
Joe Biden has praised George W. Bush (Biden personally awarded Bush), Dick Cheney ("I actually like Dick Cheney for real [...] he's a decent man"), Mike Pence ("decent guy"), Strom Thurmond (eulogized), and William Barr ("heck of an honorable guy"; "one of the best" U.S. Attorneys General) old.reddit.com/r/occupywa…
Reminder that Joe Biden called Strom Thurmond "one of my closest friends," gave a eulogy at his funeral youtube.com/watch?v=WAV9f…
Biden was a champion of systemic racism, and a very close friend to Strom Thurmond youtu.be/5R1x7YldhPc
Will we get a mention of the longest filibuster in American history in the Civil Rights event chain? businessinsider.com/longe…
Full Eulogy of Biden at Strom Thurmond funeral americanrhetoric.com/spee…
While we have a right to be upset, we cannot let a few bad apples (replies) warrant chopping down the whole tree. What I’m saying is we can be civil and NOT resort to full on toxicity, the store and it’s prices 100% needs work and tweaking but let’s not act like all of Respawn is evil here.
Never forget that white people in the South were the strongest supporters of safety net programs &government intervention in economy until Civil Rights Act. They then chose poverty over equality & became Republicans twitter.com/cajsa/status/…
Remember Trent Lott. He had to step down as majority leader because he praised Strom Thurmond. Joe Biden was Thurmond's best friend in the Senate. cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/…
"It's time that we become the party of FDR again. It's time for us to become the party of the Civil Rights Act again. It's time for us to become the part that fights for queer liberation again, the anti-war party, a party that establishes peace and prosperity." --Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez youtu.be/zaEOXVBwZGU
Steve Huffman says The_Donald isn't get unquarantined because they are a self-described never-ending rally for the president and we can all see the behavior of people at those rallies - TopMinds: Steve Huffman has with this interview admitted to violating civil rights acts and should be arrested reddit.com/r/undelete/com…
TIL: The first anti-discrimination law passed in the United States, was an Alaskan law to help protect Alaskan Natives, 20 years before the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli…
Why did lawmakers make the Equality Act instead of just adding LGBT categories to the Civil Rights Act?
