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2. Its both. The republican party's final destiny was set in the '60s...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Jul 18, 2023, 11:09 AM

Jul 2023

when LBJ agreed to seat Fannie Lou Hamer's Freedom Democratic Party at the '64 Democratic Convention, which resulted in the Dixiecrats switching to the republican party and it's eventual, downward descent into maga madness.

Given the racism, anti-woman and anti-Semitic sentiments of the party, it was inevitable.

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Is MAGA the apotheosis of the G.O.P. or its nadir? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2023 OP

Not the apotheosis-just a stepping stone CommonHumanity Jul 2023 #1

Its both. The republican party's final destiny was set in the '60s... brush Jul 2023 #2

Absolutely this! Dave in VA Jul 2023 #4

It's the pure concentrated distillate of the GQP. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2023 #3