Joe Biden, The Segregationist 2020 Democratic Candidate For President
Joe Biden once said Democrats needed 'a liberal George Wallace'
[by Alana Goodman, Investigative Political Reporter | February 07, 2019 06:20 PM]
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Joe Biden once said Democrats needed 'a liberal George Wallace'
[by Alana Goodman, Investigative Political Reporter | February 07, 2019 06:20 PM]
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2/segregationist:
(adj) relating to or advocating the policy of enforced separation of different racial groups. "segregationist politicians"
(noun) a person who supports the policy of enforced separation of different racial groups. "a time when staunch segregationists dominated
(adj) relating to or advocating the policy of enforced separation of different racial groups. "segregationist politicians"
(noun) a person who supports the policy of enforced separation of different racial groups. "a time when staunch segregationists dominated
3/"the political structure”
"Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been emphasizing his civil rights record as he considers a 2020 White House bid, once praised notorious segregationist George Wallace and later claimed to have received an award from him.
"Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been emphasizing his civil rights record as he considers a 2020 White House bid, once praised notorious segregationist George Wallace and later claimed to have received an award from him.
4/"I think the Democratic Party could stand a liberal George Wallace — someone who's not afraid to stand up and offend people, someone who wouldn't pander but would say what the American people know in their gut is right,” Biden told the Philadelphia Enquirer on Oct. 12, 1975,
5/"referring to the racist then-Alabama governor.
During 1987 fundraising trips across the South for his unsuccessful 1988 presidential bid, he sought to appeal to white voters, telling audiences that he had received an award from Wallace in 1973 and that the segregationist had
During 1987 fundraising trips across the South for his unsuccessful 1988 presidential bid, he sought to appeal to white voters, telling audiences that he had received an award from Wallace in 1973 and that the segregationist had
6/"lauded him as "one of the outstanding young politicians of America.”
George Wallace
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wa…
“Wallace opposed desegregation and supported the policies of "Jim Crow" during the Civil Rights Movement, declaring in his 1963 inaugural address that he stood for
George Wallace
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wa…
“Wallace opposed desegregation and supported the policies of "Jim Crow" during the Civil Rights Movement, declaring in his 1963 inaugural address that he stood for
7/"segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever". In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. called Wallace "perhaps the most dangerous racist in America today”.”
Sen. Joe Biden in 1988 heaping praise on segregationist Sen. John Stennis.
Sen. Joe Biden in 1988 heaping praise on segregationist Sen. John Stennis.
https://twitter.com/WalkerBragman/status/1133814010103705601?s=20
8/""A man of character and courage," Biden calls him.
John C. Stennis
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._S…
“Stennis was a zealous supporter of racial segregation. He signed the Southern Manifesto, which called for massive resistance to the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
John C. Stennis
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._S…
“Stennis was a zealous supporter of racial segregation. He signed the Southern Manifesto, which called for massive resistance to the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
9/"He also voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. He supported the extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982 but voted against the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday.”
10/Joe Biden and the Dixiecrats Who Helped His Career
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/may/…
“Former Vice President Biden shared that story at a campaign stop for
Alabama Democrat Doug Jones in October 2017, telling a Birmingham crowd of more than 1,000 that it illustrates "what the system
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/may/…
“Former Vice President Biden shared that story at a campaign stop for
Alabama Democrat Doug Jones in October 2017, telling a Birmingham crowd of more than 1,000 that it illustrates "what the system
11/"needs today."
"Even in the days when I got here, the Democratic Party still had seven or eight old-fashioned Democratic segregationists," Biden told those gathered, many of whom were African American. "You'd get up there and argue like the devil with them, and then you'd go
"Even in the days when I got here, the Democratic Party still had seven or eight old-fashioned Democratic segregationists," Biden told those gathered, many of whom were African American. "You'd get up there and argue like the devil with them, and then you'd go
12/"down and have lunch or dinner together. We were divided on issues, but the political system worked.””
[Former U.S. Sen. James Eastland 👇🏿, sometimes called “The Godfather of Mississippi Politics,” was a Dixiecrat known for his staunch support of segregation. He was also an
[Former U.S. Sen. James Eastland 👇🏿, sometimes called “The Godfather of Mississippi Politics,” was a Dixiecrat known for his staunch support of segregation. He was also an
13/"early supporter of young Joe Biden. Photo courtesy Charles Tasnadi via AP]
Joe Biden worried in 1977 that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up 'in a racial jungle'
businessinsider.com/biden-said-des…
“Former Vice President Joe Biden is facing increased
Joe Biden worried in 1977 that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up 'in a racial jungle'
businessinsider.com/biden-said-des…
“Former Vice President Joe Biden is facing increased
14/"scrutiny over his record on busing and racial issues.
Old comments from 1977 resurfaced, quoting Biden as saying that non-"orderly" racial integration policies would cause his children to "grow up in a racial jungle."
He then said: "Unless we do something about this, my
Old comments from 1977 resurfaced, quoting Biden as saying that non-"orderly" racial integration policies would cause his children to "grow up in a racial jungle."
He then said: "Unless we do something about this, my
15/"children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point."
Sen. James Eastland leads to candidate Biden’s rude a-woke-ening
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Sen. James Eastland leads to candidate Biden’s rude a-woke-ening
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16/“…The controversy centers on Biden’s association with fellow US Senator and Democrat, James Eastland. Back in 1977, Biden sent a letter to his Senate colleague, saying:
“I very much appreciate your help during this week’s Committee meeting in attempting to bring my
“I very much appreciate your help during this week’s Committee meeting in attempting to bring my
17/"anti-busing legislation to a vote.”…
Birds of a feather
Biden’s old friend Sen. Eastland stood strongly against racial integration. In fact, NAACP spokesman Clarence Mitchell once referred to Eastland as “a mad dog let loose in the streets of justice.” (Senator James
Birds of a feather
Biden’s old friend Sen. Eastland stood strongly against racial integration. In fact, NAACP spokesman Clarence Mitchell once referred to Eastland as “a mad dog let loose in the streets of justice.” (Senator James
18/"Eastland: Mississippi’s Jim Crow Democrat)…
“Senator Eastland…just got the job done.”
Ugly racism
For Eastland that job included opposing the 1956 civil-rights bus boycott by African Americans in heavily segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Speaking to the largest
“Senator Eastland…just got the job done.”
Ugly racism
For Eastland that job included opposing the 1956 civil-rights bus boycott by African Americans in heavily segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Speaking to the largest
19/"pro-segregation rally in US history, Eastland read a portion of a handbill then circulating among the crowd:
“In every state of the bus boycott, we have been oppressed and degraded because of black, slimy, juicy, unbearably stinking niggers. African flesh-eaters. When in the
“In every state of the bus boycott, we have been oppressed and degraded because of black, slimy, juicy, unbearably stinking niggers. African flesh-eaters. When in the
20/"course of human events it becomes necessary to abolish the Negro race, proper methods should be used. Among these are guns, bows and arrows, slingshots and knives…All whites are created equal w/ certain rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of dead niggers.”"
21/"Eastland was very open in his racism and hate of African-Americans. Moreover, he felt no qualms using his position in Congress to feather his own nest. As a member of the Senate’s Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Eastland’s Mississippi plantation received more than
22/"$100,000 in federal subsidies annually.
In 1972, the same year Joe Biden began his first Senate term, Democrats showed their admiration for Eastland by selecting him to serve as president pro tempore of the Senate. Or, the third in the line of presidential succession…
In 1972, the same year Joe Biden began his first Senate term, Democrats showed their admiration for Eastland by selecting him to serve as president pro tempore of the Senate. Or, the third in the line of presidential succession…
23/"Is it a mistake the party of anti-busing Joe Biden and white-supremacist James Eastland happens to also be the party that championed the institutions of slavery and “separate but equal” Jim Crow?
If bronze statues of dead Confederate luminaries are worthy of tearing down in
If bronze statues of dead Confederate luminaries are worthy of tearing down in
24/"the name of social justice, what about that living monument to endemic racism and oppression – the Democratic Party?”
How Joe Biden Became the Democrats’ Anti-Busing Crusader
With a school desegregation lawsuit roiling Delaware in the 1970s,
nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/…
How Joe Biden Became the Democrats’ Anti-Busing Crusader
With a school desegregation lawsuit roiling Delaware in the 1970s,
nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/…
25/Mr. Biden led an effort in the Senate to end court-ordered busing.
"“Mr. Biden plunged headfirst into one of the most politically fraught and racially divisive topics in America. He emerged as the Democratic Party’s leading anti-busing crusader — a position that put him in
"“Mr. Biden plunged headfirst into one of the most politically fraught and racially divisive topics in America. He emerged as the Democratic Party’s leading anti-busing crusader — a position that put him in
26/"league with Southern segregationists, at odds with liberal Republicans and helped change the dynamic of the Senate, turning even some leaders in his own party against busing as a desegregation tool.”
27/Joe Biden Giving Eulogy of KKK Recruiter Robert Byrd Resurfaced After Trump Doesn't Condemn White Supremacists
newsweek.com/joe-biden-givi…
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28/[BY JOCELYN GRZESZCZAK ON 10/1/20 AT 5:04 PM EDT]
“Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's eulogy of the late Senator Robert Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan leader has been resurfaced by a pro-Trump group amid outrage over President Donald Trump's recent failure to explicitly
“Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's eulogy of the late Senator Robert Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan leader has been resurfaced by a pro-Trump group amid outrage over President Donald Trump's recent failure to explicitly
29/"condemn white supremacists.
A 35 second clip of the eulogy was viewed by nearly half a million times in the six hours after it was shared by the Twitter account of Students for Trump.
Biden, who has faced criticism in the past over comments he made about working with
A 35 second clip of the eulogy was viewed by nearly half a million times in the six hours after it was shared by the Twitter account of Students for Trump.
Biden, who has faced criticism in the past over comments he made about working with
30/"segregationists, gave the eulogy for Byrd at his funeral in 2010.
"Bishop, Reverend Clergy, Mona and Marjorie, the entire Byrd family—if you didn't already know it, it's pretty clear the incredible esteem your father was held in," Biden said in his opening remarks.”
"Bishop, Reverend Clergy, Mona and Marjorie, the entire Byrd family—if you didn't already know it, it's pretty clear the incredible esteem your father was held in," Biden said in his opening remarks.”
31/Right. The "incredible esteem" a former Ku Klux Klan leader "was held in". Someone should ask Joe Biden to describe that "incredible esteem". Esteemed for the intrinsic racism in the bones of every KKK member?? 🤔
32/Since 1972, the year Joe Biden began his first Senate term, Biden is ON RECORD:
1) Supporting anti-bussing in the 1970s & Southern segregationists
2) As being "worried in 1977 that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up 'in a racial jungle'"
1) Supporting anti-bussing in the 1970s & Southern segregationists
2) As being "worried in 1977 that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up 'in a racial jungle'"
33/
3) As being friends w/ Senator James Eastland who "stood strongly against racial integration"
4) Praising" in 1988...segregationist Sen. John Stennis" calling him a "man of character and courage"
5) Having "once said Democrats needed 'a liberal George Wallace'"
3) As being friends w/ Senator James Eastland who "stood strongly against racial integration"
4) Praising" in 1988...segregationist Sen. John Stennis" calling him a "man of character and courage"
5) Having "once said Democrats needed 'a liberal George Wallace'"
34/
6) Giving a eulogy for late Senator Robert Byrd, former Ku Klux Klan leader:
"Bishop, Reverend Clergy, Mona & Marjorie, the entire Byrd family—if you didn't already know it, it's pretty clear the incredible esteem your father was held in," Biden said in his opening remarks.”
6) Giving a eulogy for late Senator Robert Byrd, former Ku Klux Klan leader:
"Bishop, Reverend Clergy, Mona & Marjorie, the entire Byrd family—if you didn't already know it, it's pretty clear the incredible esteem your father was held in," Biden said in his opening remarks.”
35/Stirring up the stagnant pool of Joe Biden's 47 years of Washington brings the dregs of his political career to surface.
Joe Biden is the candidate who opposed racial integration in the 1970s, praised white-supremacist James Eastland and segregationist John Stennis, was
Joe Biden is the candidate who opposed racial integration in the 1970s, praised white-supremacist James Eastland and segregationist John Stennis, was
36/anti-bussing (which Kamala Harris criticized him on in the Democratic Debate), said "Democrats needed 'a liberal George Wallace'" and gave a eulogy for of KKK Recruiter Robert Byrd. Joe Biden supporters must be so addicted to the Democrat Kool-Aid they don't realize that if
37/any candidate is guilty of racism, bigotry, segregationism, supporting the KKK and aligning with white supremacy it isn't Donald Trump, it's the Segregationist 2020 Democratic Candidate Joe Biden.
There's a simple explanation for this. Bob Dylan sums it up in "Idiot Wind":
There's a simple explanation for this. Bob Dylan sums it up in "Idiot Wind":
38/A Song For Democrats
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (Live 1976)
“Their minds are filled with false ideas, images and distorted facts…
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth…
You’re an idiot babe, it’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (Live 1976)
“Their minds are filled with false ideas, images and distorted facts…
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth…
You’re an idiot babe, it’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
39/[Trump prophesy?]
"There’s a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pouring out of a boxcar door,
He didn’t know it, he never though it could be done,
But in the final shot he won the war after losing every battle…
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth
"There’s a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pouring out of a boxcar door,
He didn’t know it, he never though it could be done,
But in the final shot he won the war after losing every battle…
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth
40/"with lies,
One day you’ll be in the grave, flies buzzing around your eyes,
Blood on your saddle.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You’re an idiot babe, it’s a wonder that you still can even breathe…
Now everything is upside down, a matter of fact the
One day you’ll be in the grave, flies buzzing around your eyes,
Blood on your saddle.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You’re an idiot babe, it’s a wonder that you still can even breathe…
Now everything is upside down, a matter of fact the
41/"wheels have stopped,
What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good, you’ll find out when you reach the top.
You’re on the bottom.
I noticed at this ceremony that your corrupt ways have finally made you blind.
I can’t recall your face anymore. Your mouth has changed and your eyes
What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good, you’ll find out when you reach the top.
You’re on the bottom.
I noticed at this ceremony that your corrupt ways have finally made you blind.
I can’t recall your face anymore. Your mouth has changed and your eyes
42/"don’t look into mine…”.
This sounds like the Democratic Party to a T.
This sounds like the Democratic Party to a T.
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