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The Democratic Party has a long history of racism which is still alive and well today.
The Republican Party has always stood up for minorities and against racism
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The Republican Party has always stood up for minorities and against racism
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In March of 1854 The Republican Party was founded to combat the racist Democrats. The founder of the Democratic Party Andrew Jackson fired people from his administration for saying all people were equal, signed the Indian Removal Act and created the trail of tears.
Andrew Jackson Jackson, led an attack against African-Americans in the Battle of Negro Fort.
He was known for his excessive number of slaves at the plantation known as The Hermitage.
He was known for his excessive number of slaves at the plantation known as The Hermitage.
One source charged Jackson (founder of the Democratic Party) with slaughtering one-thousand Native Americans and sleeping in the field of their corpses before cannibalizing twelve bodies on the following morning.
In 1863 President Lincoln a Republican signed the emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves.
In 1866 due to unanimous Republican support the 14th amendment was passed.
In 1872 the first African American governor was inaugurated. He was a Republican.
In 1917 the First woman in Congress, Rep. Jeannette Rankin (R-MT), sworn in.
1919: Republican-controlled 66th Congress passes the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote.
1928: First Hispanic U.S. Senator, Senator Octaviano Larrazolo (R-NM), sworn in.
1949: Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) becomes the first woman to serve in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
1954: Brown v Board of Education strikes down racial segregation in public schools; majority decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, former governor (R-CA) and vice presidential nominee.
1957: President Dwight Eisenhower signs the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
1959: First Asian-American U.S. Senator, Hiram Fong (R-HI), is seated.
1964: Senate passes the 1964 Civil Rights Act when the Republican leader, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), defeats Democrat filibuster.
1981: Sandra Day O’Connor, appointed by President Reagan, becomes first woman on the Supreme Court.
Now because of Republicans everyone is equal. The party is not racists it’s the Democrats. Now Republicans fight for individuals freedom and wants people to be non government dependent so they cannot be controlled by the propagandist Democrats in Congress.
