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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI don't know if this is a true quote, but I love the sentiment.
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Nancy Pelosi was asked if shes embarrassed the KKK were once members of the Democratic Party. Of course. Were embarrassed Donald Trump was a Democrat for similar reasons.
Baitball Blogger
(46,576 posts)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.
AllyCat
(16,039 posts)SharonClark
(10,005 posts)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)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)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.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,790 posts)modrepub
(3,469 posts)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)'Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s.'
Be sure to give them full credit.