bripat9643
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All those quotes promote white nationalism. If a Republican said them, you would be calling for his head on a platter.So? Quote Byrd promoting white nationalism after becoming a Senator....True, but he was rejected by Democrats when he ran as one and won his only election when elected by Republicans.Duke is what ever will get him notice.
He's been a Democrat, a Republican, and Independent....
But, mostly an asshole
On the other hand, KKK Byrd was reelected time after time after time, to the US Senate, no less.
Byrd abandoned the Klan and and all white supremacist groups behind him. Whereas Duke left the Klan only to form his own white nationalist group, the NAAWP.
– 1964: Attempts to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It wasn’t out of principled libertarian support for property rights. Cites a racist study claiming that black people’s brains are statistically smaller than white people’s.
– 1967: Votes against Thurgood Marshall’s Supreme Court nomination. Went to J. Edgar Hoover to see if Marshall had any Communist ties that could ruin his nomination.
– 1968: Tells the FBI that it’s time that Martin Luther King, Jr., “met his Waterloo.” FBI ignores him.
– 1991: Votes Against Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination. Becomes the only senator in the body to have voted against both black Supreme Court nominees.
– 2001: Refers to what he called “white *******” on national television. Try to imagine, say, Haley Barbour being given a pass after calling someone a “white ******.”
So you can't provide a single quote of Robert Byrd promoting white nationalism after he became a Senator.
Thanks