@EmiliyStar Byrd filibustered the Civil Rights act.

"during the senator's eulogy, Biden described Byrd as "fiercely devoted to his principles," a "friend," "mentor" and a "guide""

@Pherick With a little research, the actual voting record for both Houses of Congress shows that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the Senate on a 73-to-27 vote. The Democratic supermajority in the Senate split their vote 46 (69%) for and 21 (31%) against. The Republicans, on the other hand, split their vote 27 for (82%) and 6 against (18%). Thus, the no vote consisted of 78% Democrats. Further, the infamous 74-day filibuster was led by the Southern Democrats, who overwhelmingly voted against the act.

An examination of the House vote shows a similar pattern. The House voted 290 to 130 in favor. Democrats split their vote 152 (61%) to 96 (39%) while Republicans split theirs 138 (80%) to 34 (20%). The no vote consisted of 74% Democrats. Clearly, the 1964 Civil Rights Act could not have been passed without the leadership of Republicans such as Everett Dirksen and the votes of Republicans.

@EmiliyStar

And just because 1 Democrat senator switched after the civil rights act doesn’t mean the parties switched.

@carpediem Republican Party is not fighting to have women and minorities voting stopped. Pure propaganda.

@cherokeepatti Absolutely. But you can't tell a kid her age anything. They know it all.

@carpediem I know that for a fact.

@Stereoguy that never happened because i said it didnt and i will just tell you it didnt until you get tired and walk away

@Stereoguy Right - They would have us believe Lincoln was a democrat. The stigma of having protected the institution of slavery will always be with the Democratic party.

@ozgirl512 lol. What gave him away? 😂

@ozgirl512 I'm not a republican.

@TheArbitrator The first part still appears to stand, though ..

@TheArbitrator So the Democracts won the space race and ended World War II?

@EuphoricTurtle Those were bipartisan efforts. That's the difference.

@TheArbitrator So by that logic, your claim is that the Republican Party has always been against the institution of slavery, the discrimination of minorities and disenfranchising groups from voting?

Think carefully before answering such a simple question 😉

@Stopmakingsense we needs a people's party without entitlements. That way the government doesn't rob my paycheck and spend the money for other things like supporting lazy people.

@Baremine you're paying more to avoid them.

@BiasForAction That may be your opinion but facts are facts.

@TheArbitrator idealogical thinking is lazy thinking. But you go ahead and do whatever your party tells you to do, like a good lemming.

@canusernamebemyusername They never flipped. The Democratic party ideology today is very consistent to what it has always been. The only difference is that Democrats devised a scheme to secure the black vote. There's no flipping. You can't take what Democrats did and ascribe it to Republicans.

@TheArbitrator I can't help you if you don't meet a minimum standard of education. You have to learn the alphabet before you can read. You have to know some basic history before you can comment on what has happened.
If the parties didn't flip what was the southern strategy? Why did all but Maryland vote republican with Nixon? And why do democrates want to ban confederate monuments and the confederate flag but the Republicans say to leave "our" heritage alone when those weren't originally their heritage but the democrates instead.

@iamBen Then create a new party. Why use the title of a party that protected slavery?