Stacey Abrams Accuses Mike Johnson of Celebrating The 'Return of Jim Crow'

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6. Agree, the parties re-aligned on race in the mid to late '60s.

A number of northeastern Republicans joined Democrats to pass the voting and civil rights acts, while southern Dixiecrats were still clinging to their neo-confederate beliefs. Then Nixon came along with his Southern Strategy and completely changed the political landscape. Nevertheless, to this day, whenever Republicans are accused of supporting racist policies as a party, they'll trot out their "Lincoln freed the slaves and Democrats founded the KKK" bullshit.