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Workin’ For a Livin’

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

NOTE

Recognizing Republican Record on Civil Rights

Conservatives may avoid speaking about democratic accomplishments like civil rights in the past to avoid giving credit to Democrats. However, historically, a greater majority of Republicans supported the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act than Democrats. The Republican party has had an outstanding record on civil rights over the long history, with the Democratic Party historically linked to Jim Crow laws. Recognizing and highlighting this history is a strategic move because the Republicans are on the right side of the issue.

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Speaker 2
Yeah, I mean, I guess the point about conservatives not speaking, our Republicans not being able to speak about it much is I think they don't want to be seen as praising what is perceived as democratic accomplishments 50 years ago, right? I mean, Democrats want to take all the credit for the civil rights stuff. And so they think, well, why are we going to compliment them? You know, that's that's their party's issue.
Speaker 1
Well, they shouldn't do that. I really shouldn't do it. But I think that happens. You know, you all we all know, everybody in our world, John knows that when the Civil Rights Act passed, the Voting Rights Act passed, a greater majority of Republicans voted it than Democrats. And that the real Jim Crow party of the country was the Democratic Party for 100 years. And the Republican's record on civil rights was really quite outstanding, and is quite outstanding over the long history. And, you know, we just got to... That's good terrain to fight on because we're right. So my strategy going into this was just simply to figure out what issues I
Speaker 2
knew you got excited about and that's where we talked about this. Watch this for a segue. So we've talked about civil rights and your dad's role in it and all that. Part of my biggest problem with Jim Crow 2 .0 stuff,

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