Do the Democrats still claim to be the “Party of Tolerance”? Found this old article that seems to prove it never really has been.
‘The truth is precisely the opposite. It is the Republican Party that overwhelmingly supported passage of both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, while an intransigent block of Democrats did all they could to stop it.“
“The Civil Rights Act of 1964 came to a vote after a 57-day filibuster engineered by Democrats among them Sen. Al Gore Sr. father of the current Democratic presidential nominee.”
When the final congressional vote was tallied, Republican support exceeded Democratic support by a substantial margin. Eighty percent of House Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act, but only 63 percent of Democrats. Eighty-two percent of Senate Republicans voted yea, while only 69 percent of Democrats did so.
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‘The truth is precisely the opposite. It is the Republican Party that overwhelmingly supported passage of both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, while an intransigent block of Democrats did all they could to stop it.“
“The Civil Rights Act of 1964 came to a vote after a 57-day filibuster engineered by Democrats among them Sen. Al Gore Sr. father of the current Democratic presidential nominee.”
When the final congressional vote was tallied, Republican support exceeded Democratic support by a substantial margin. Eighty percent of House Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act, but only 63 percent of Democrats. Eighty-two percent of Senate Republicans voted yea, while only 69 percent of Democrats did so.
History begs to differ on Democratic view of parties tolerance - American Experiment
At last week's Democratic convention, two high-profile DFLers--Walter Mondale and Judi Dutcher--portrayed the Democratic Party as a champion of tolerance and open-mindedness. They denounced the Republican Party, by contrast, as the tool of intolerant, narrow-minded bigots, who ruthlessly attempt...
