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Is the Republican Party Opposed to the 19 64 Civil Rights Act?
Is it completely accurate to say the republican party was opposed, isn't there? Because if you lolk it ratio wise as far as who voted for itbut there were many republicans. I mean, this is t where we have to make some distinctions. There were two civil rights bills passed under eisenhaueright? And they did so in a variety of i'll talk aboutand that's an important distinction. Bcause not is like the republican party. Whe goldwater unit. Goldwater personally was an anti racist. He helped de segregate the senate cafeteria. But he opposed the 19 64 civil rights act on constitutional grounds,. This became a problem for him in the general election