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4. They let all the Southern racists in, and then the racists took over.

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 05:39 PM

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Civil Rights, and like that.

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No joke: this is the 1956 Republican Platform: [View all] applegrove Saturday OP

Wow UpInArms Saturday #1

Radical Left Cirsium Saturday #2

The twists and turns the GOP have made Inkey Saturday #3

In that era, the Republicans were the "coalition" party... appmanga Saturday #8

That platform is further to the left than some so called "Centrists". Nt Fiendish Thingy Saturday #5

Yep. progressoid Saturday #9

Wow MustLoveBeagles Saturday #6

This was only as a way to peel of Democrats Renew Deal Saturday #7

And it stopped there. Codifer Saturday #10