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Arkansas Granny

(31,484 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 07:03 AM Jun 2020

I don't know if this is a true quote, but I love the sentiment.


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Nancy Pelosi was asked if she’s embarrassed the KKK were once members of the Democratic Party. “Of course. We’re embarrassed Donald Trump was a Democrat for similar reasons”.

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I don't know if this is a true quote, but I love the sentiment. (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 OP
Which only proves what we have been saying for years. The Democratic party's Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #1
Yup. Centrism is pandering to the racists for votes. AllyCat Jun 2020 #6
Donald Trump was never a Democrat. SharonClark Jun 2020 #2
He has been registered as a Democrat before Roland99 Jun 2020 #7
GOP wants to use our past to deflect from their present IronLionZion Jun 2020 #3
+1. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #4
LBJ Started The Shift With His Shepherding Civil/Voting Rights Through Congress modrepub Jun 2020 #8
'Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s.' keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #5

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
1. Which only proves what we have been saying for years. The Democratic party's
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 08:34 AM
Jun 2020

catering to the centrists who try to appease the centrist-right is an irritant that caused problems within the party. Trying to quiet minority voices prior to an election to avoid upsetting the Southern Democrats was a sorry strategy.

So many wasted years.

SharonClark

(10,005 posts)
2. Donald Trump was never a Democrat.
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 08:50 AM
Jun 2020

He was an opportunist who gave money when he wanted to get on a politician's good side. Being in New York, that meant he gave money to some Democrats.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
7. He has been registered as a Democrat before
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 09:29 AM
Jun 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Donald_Trump#Political_affiliation_and_ideology

Political affiliation and ideology
Self-described

Trump registered as a Republican in Manhattan in 1987 and since that time has changed his party affiliation five times. In 1999, Trump changed his party affiliation to the Independence Party of New York. In August 2001, Trump changed his party affiliation to Democratic. In September 2009, Trump changed his party affiliation back to the Republican Party. In December 2011, Trump changed to "no party affiliation" (independent). In April 2012, Trump again returned to the Republican Party.[3]

In a 2004 interview, Trump told CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat," explaining: "It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Now, it shouldn't be that way. But if you go back, I mean it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats...But certainly we had some very good economies under Democrats, as well as Republicans. But we've had some pretty bad disaster under the Republicans."[4] In a July 2015 interview, Trump said that he has a broad range of political positions and that "I identify with some things as a Democrat."[3]

IronLionZion

(45,269 posts)
3. GOP wants to use our past to deflect from their present
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 09:11 AM
Jun 2020

When the KKK, Dixiecrats, segregationists, etc. left the Democratic party, where did they go? They must have fallen off the face of the earth never to be seen again.

In completely unrelated news, the GOP's numbers increased in Southern states around that time. It's a strange coincidence.

modrepub

(3,469 posts)
8. LBJ Started The Shift With His Shepherding Civil/Voting Rights Through Congress
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 09:39 AM
Jun 2020

What is probably more lost in this discussion is that Oswald's assassination of JFK was probably somewhat related to the President's efforts to pass Civil Rights and Voting Rights legislation when he was in office. I also think JFK being a Catholic had a lot to do with Oswald's motivations on top of the racial implications. As Kennedy drove off that fatefully day I think someone commented that the crowds in Dallas that day indicated people in the south still liked the President even though he was on some level advocating dismantling segregation (and in their defense, there was a hell of a lot of ruckus in Boston, MA regarding bussing minorities to integrate local schools).

Way too often these finer points seem to be glossed over or forgotten. We as a nation still have a lot of reckoning to do. Let's hope we are brave enough to finally have these discussions.

keithbvadu2

(36,371 posts)
5. 'Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s.'
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 09:21 AM
Jun 2020

'Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s.'

Be sure to give them full credit.

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