The New Deal was a raw deal for most of the black people in the South. Only two out of 3,000 GI Bill grants were given to blacks during World War II. Most Democrats that you know identify with Franklin Roosevelt. I don't. The New Deal gave us Social Security. But it did not cover farm workers or domestic workers.
In kicking off the midterms, Joe Biden talked about American democracy as a shared value, enshrined in the country’s founding — a value that both Democrats and Republicans should join together in defending. But there is another possible view of this moment. One that is shared by two very different groups: the voters who propelled Biden to the presidency … and the conservative activists who are rejecting democracy altogether.
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