Fake News Reporting Thread

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At least the KKK is in the D's past and not in the present like with the R's.

[Kidlicious]

You're talking about less than 1%of the vote.

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And what percentage of those roots you were talking about were the KKK? Probably about the same.

[Kidlicious]

No, the Klan was a huge part of the D party.

[Broken_Erika]

The Dixiecrats went republican around the time Kennedy was elected.

[rah]

No, the Klan was a huge part of the D party.

And what percentage of the US population was in the KKK? probably less than 1%
If you have a link that shows it was higher. please provide it.

[Kidlicious]

The Dixiecrats went republican around the time Kennedy was elected.

What was the exact date?

[Kidlicious]

And what percentage of the US population was in the KKK? probably less than 1%
If you have a link that shows it was higher. please provide it.

The KKK had over 4m members in 1920. (see any history of the KKK). The D presidential candidate in 1920 got less than 10m votes. (wiki)

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Link

And I doubt every member was a registered voter or they all voted. So make sure your link accounts for that.

[Berzerker]

Fake news. Not an empty seat in the house.

Are you sure the news claimed that was his crowd? Looks like someone posted the image on social media claiming or assuming that was the crowd, I cant find the actual news caption.

[Berzerker]

What was the exact date?

When did Strom Thurmond become a Republican? Well, he formed the Dixiecrats in '48 because Truman was trying to end Jim Crow but it wasn't until Goldwater that he finally made the leap to the GOP. Nixon didn't create the southern strategy, Goldwater and the Dixiecrats did and Nixon successfully used it.

[Kidlicious]

When did Strom Thurmond become a Republican? Well, he formed the Dixiecrats in '48 because Truman was trying to end Jim Crow but it wasn't until Goldwater that he finally made the leap to the GOP. Nixon didn't create the southern strategy, Goldwater and the Dixiecrats did and Nixon successfully used it.

A higher percentage of republicans supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than Democrats. Nixon had to win southern states though so he campaigned for states rights. But it's not as though the Civil Rights Act was going to be over turned. The thing that really drove blacks to the Democratic Party was the great society and socialism. More people joined the Republican Party in opposition to socialism than because of racism. The Democratic party abandoned them because they developed a strategy for the baby boomers.

[Proteus_MST]

Debunking the myth that americas current positive economical situation is the work of Trump:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...ed-the-economy

To sum it up:
For the one thing, the current state of the US economy is nothing special if compard to other countries.

The stock markets are at a high, but so re the stok markets in japan and germany ...
the percentage of jobless persons is at the lowest umber since 2 decades, but the same is true for japan ...
for the UK and germany it even is the lowest since the 1970s.
US GDP growth is above expectations, but same goes for the GDP growth in the Eurozone.

So, Trump just profits from a globally economically positive climate.

Also, Trump uses a lot of rhetorics, by painting numbers as spectacular, where under Obama, he pained the same numbers desastrous.

So, Trumps "economic successes" are nothing more than a good global economy paired with Trumps experience as snakeoil salesman (and the gullibility of his followers)

[Berzerker]

A higher percentage of republicans supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than Democrats.

Yes, the Democrats were more southern and supportive of (or responsible for) Jim Crow and the Republicans were northern opponents - the situation hadn't changed much since the civil war. But it did change when southern Democrats began leaving the party because of Truman, JFK and LBJ. Goldwater was the perfect candidate for them, they could make the leap because a conservative Republican supported states rights.

Nixon had to win southern states though so he campaigned for states rights. But it's not as though the Civil Rights Act was going to be over turned. The thing that really drove blacks to the Democratic Party was the great society and socialism. More people joined the Republican Party in opposition to socialism than because of racism. The Democratic party abandoned them because they developed a strategy for the baby boomers.

Who were the Dixiecrats? Democrats who saw Truman interfering with their beloved apartheid. Eisenhower delayed the transformation of Dixiecrats into Republicans but it was Goldwater that inspired Strom to become a Republican.

[Kidlicious]

Yes, the Democrats were more southern and supportive of (or responsible for) Jim Crow and the Republicans were northern opponents - the situation hadn't changed much since the civil war. But it did change when southern Democrats began leaving the party because of Truman, JFK and LBJ. Goldwater was the perfect candidate for them, they could make the leap because a conservative Republican supported states rights.



Who were the Dixiecrats? Democrats who saw Truman interfering with their beloved apartheid. Eisenhower delayed the transformation of Dixiecrats into Republicans but it was Goldwater that inspired Strom to become a Republican.

Dixiecrats dissolved in 1948. That's like asking which party the Reagan Democrats belong to now. That doesn't really matter as the Reagan Democrats aren't certain to have the same political beliefs. And I have no idea what this has to do with people being opposed to socialism, and therefore the Democrats.