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Ted Cruz reminds AOC her own Democratic Party founded KKK, wrote Jim Crow laws

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., invited her colleague from across the aisle in Congress, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to educate Twitter users on the history of America's diametrically opposed political parties, and his answer is unlikely what she expected.

The impetus for the Twitter discussion stemmed from Cruz first commenting on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) travel advisory for Florida that said the state "devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color."

"This is bizarre. And utterly dishonest." Cruz stated in a tweet Sunday. "In the 1950s & 1960s, the NAACP did extraordinary good helping lead the civil rights movement. Today, Dr. King would be ashamed of how profoundly they lost their way."


A user responded in accusation that Cruz "would’ve been first in line to filibuster against the voting rights act, and the civil rights act," in the 1950s and '60s.

"Nonsense. That shameful filibuster was led by Democrats – your party. My party – the Republicans – proudly voted for the Civil Rights Act in much higher percentages than the racist Dems," Cruz retorted in a tweet.

AOC inserted herself into the dialog by saying, "Why don’t you go ahead and tell people what happened to the parties after that, Ted."

Cruz took her up on the offer and responded in a tweet thread, saying, "Sure. – First, the Dem party founded the KKK. – Then the Dem party wrote Jim Crow laws. – Then the Dem party filibustered the Civil Rights Act."

"Today, the Dem party filibusters school choice – trapping millions of Black kids in failing schools. – Today, the Dem party pushes abolishing the police, which results in many more Black lives murdered. – Today, every Dem senator voted against my bill to stop DC from throwing 40% of Black kids out of schools bc of vax mandate," Cruz continued.
"The Republican Party was founded to oppose slavery. Our first Republican President was Abraham Lincoln, who won the Civil War and ended slavery. It was Republicans who voted for the civil Rights Act in a much higher percentage than racist Dems," he added.

"Today, we produced the lowest African-American unemployment EVER, under the Trump economic boom. – Today, we produced the lowest African-American poverty levels EVER, under the Trump economic boom," Cruz continued.

"Today, (in 2017) I passed the largest expansion of federal school choice EVER (making 529 plans cover K-12), over the objection of ever single Senate Dem," he said.


"Also, just two years ago, the Dem governor of Virginia had put the photo of A MAN DRESSED AS A KKK KLANSMAN on his personal yearbook page. – And today, the sitting Dem President – Joe Biden – gave in 2011 a flowery eulogy for an 'Exalted Cyclops' of the KKK," he stated.

"And to add to all that, the Dem party aggressively supports open borders – which has led to the deaths and brutal assaults of thousands of Hispanics, and @aoc somehow can’t seem to find her White pantsuit to cry over their suffering," Cruz concluded.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk chimed in, saying the thread is "the kind of interaction that makes this platform so unique & entertaining!"

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/te...emocrat-party-founded-kkk-wrote-jim-crow-laws

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In a war of wits between Cruz and AOC she is totally unarmed :laugh: Cruz DESTROYED her . Read the OP it is hysterical.
 
AOC should know better than to win a battle of wits with Cruz. She is a moron. Alan Dershowitz said Cruz was the smartest law student he ever taught at Harvard.
 
Yakuda said:
AOC is an idiot.
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The real idiot is Ted Cruz for claiming the KKK was founded by the Democrat Party.

Or maybe its the idiots who believe his lies.

The truth is that although many KKK members were Democrats since the Whig Party had died out and white Southerners disliked the Republican party. The Klan was not "started" by the Democratic Party
 
Ku Klux Klan not founded by the Democratic Party

CLAIM: The Ku Klux Klan was formed by the Democratic Party.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Ku Klux Klan was not formed by the Democratic Party.

THE FACTS: The Klan first emerged after the Civil War in an effort to intimidate Southern blacks to stay out of politics and to exploit their labor. It was created in Pulaski, Tennessee, by Confederate veterans: Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones and James Crowe. Mark Pitcavage, senior fellow at the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, told The Associated Press that it was originally designed “purely for entertainment, with no political motivations.”

Pitcavage said members engaged in social antics that grew to incorporate cruel pranks. The Klan gradually took on a political tone and by 1867 it began engaging in violent acts. According to Pitcavage, many KKK members were Democrats since the Whig Party had died out and white Southerners disliked the Republican party. He says, though, that the Klan was not started by the Democratic Party “ nor did it have ideological motives until later.”

By the 1870s the Klan had died out since white Southerners had retaken control of state governments “through their campaigns of violence and intimidation.” When a new Klan emerged in the 1910s, it attracted members from both parties, as well as members affiliated with no parties.

https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-2336745806
 
ZappasGuitar said:
The real idiot is Ted Cruz for claiming the KKK was founded by the Democrat Party.

Or maybe its the idiots who believe his lies.

The truth is that although many KKK members were Democrats since the Whig Party had died out and white Southerners disliked the Republican party. The Klan was not "started" by the Democratic Party
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They certainly supported it in fact many democratic politicians were actually members of it
 
Cruz is playing the ignoramus card, acting as if he doesn't know the parties switched sides starting around 1940 when Roosevelt had won the hearts and minds of more liberal Americans. Until then and continuing into the 1960's
the racist South was a Democrat bastion, even called "the solid South" for its loyalty to Democrat national candidates. But the New Deal put a crack in that party loyalty, then Martin Luther King came along and Lyndon Johnson
shoe horned the Civil Rights Act into law, and overnight in historical terms the South switched from being "solid" for Democrats to being "solid" for Republicans, and so it remains. So it's really Cruz who has sympathies in common with the Klan.
 
martin said:
Cruz is playing the ignoramus card, acting as if he doesn't know the parties switched sides starting around 1940 when Roosevelt had won the hearts and minds of more liberal Americans. Until then and continuing into the 1960's
the racist South was a Democrat bastion, even called "the solid South" for its loyalty to Democrat national candidates. But the New Deal put a crack in that party loyalty, then Martin Luther King came along and Lyndon Johnson
shoe horned the Civil Rights Act into law, and overnight in historical terms the South switched from being "solid" for Democrats to being "solid" for Republicans, and so it remains. So it's really Cruz who has sympathies in common with the Klan.
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The southern Dems were referred to as Dixiecrats. They were in the party but did not vote full Dem. They would always vote against civil rights. They were more Repub than Dem. When the Civil Rights Act was passed by Johnson, they quickly jumped ship and went, full Republican. The southern bigots, KKK fans, and haters went where they belonged. They have not moved.
 
Nordberg said:
The southern Dems were referred to as Dixiecrats. They were in the party but did not vote full Dem. They would always vote against civil rights. They were more Repub than Dem. When the Civil Rights Act was passed by Johnson, they quickly jumped ship and went, full Republican. The southern bigots, KKK fans, and haters went where they belonged. They have not moved.
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Yeah, it's a shame what happened to the Grand Old Party. Formed in the 1850's as a progressive alternative, nominating Lincoln as its first Presidential candidate, standing alone among major political parties for the abolition of slavery, later having another progressive in Theodore Roosevelt and then poof, out like a candle.
 
ExpressLane said:
Ted Cruz reminds AOC her own Democratic Party founded KKK, wrote Jim Crow laws

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., invited her colleague from across the aisle in Congress, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to educate Twitter users on the history of America's diametrically opposed political parties, and his answer is unlikely what she expected.

The impetus for the Twitter discussion stemmed from Cruz first commenting on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) travel advisory for Florida that said the state "devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color."

"This is bizarre. And utterly dishonest." Cruz stated in a tweet Sunday. "In the 1950s & 1960s, the NAACP did extraordinary good helping lead the civil rights movement. Today, Dr. King would be ashamed of how profoundly they lost their way."


A user responded in accusation that Cruz "would’ve been first in line to filibuster against the voting rights act, and the civil rights act," in the 1950s and '60s.

"Nonsense. That shameful filibuster was led by Democrats – your party. My party – the Republicans – proudly voted for the Civil Rights Act in much higher percentages than the racist Dems," Cruz retorted in a tweet.

AOC inserted herself into the dialog by saying, "Why don’t you go ahead and tell people what happened to the parties after that, Ted."

Cruz took her up on the offer and responded in a tweet thread, saying, "Sure. – First, the Dem party founded the KKK. – Then the Dem party wrote Jim Crow laws. – Then the Dem party filibustered the Civil Rights Act."

"Today, the Dem party filibusters school choice – trapping millions of Black kids in failing schools. – Today, the Dem party pushes abolishing the police, which results in many more Black lives murdered. – Today, every Dem senator voted against my bill to stop DC from throwing 40% of Black kids out of schools bc of vax mandate," Cruz continued.
"The Republican Party was founded to oppose slavery. Our first Republican President was Abraham Lincoln, who won the Civil War and ended slavery. It was Republicans who voted for the civil Rights Act in a much higher percentage than racist Dems," he added.

"Today, we produced the lowest African-American unemployment EVER, under the Trump economic boom. – Today, we produced the lowest African-American poverty levels EVER, under the Trump economic boom," Cruz continued.

"Today, (in 2017) I passed the largest expansion of federal school choice EVER (making 529 plans cover K-12), over the objection of ever single Senate Dem," he said.


"Also, just two years ago, the Dem governor of Virginia had put the photo of A MAN DRESSED AS A KKK KLANSMAN on his personal yearbook page. – And today, the sitting Dem President – Joe Biden – gave in 2011 a flowery eulogy for an 'Exalted Cyclops' of the KKK," he stated.

"And to add to all that, the Dem party aggressively supports open borders – which has led to the deaths and brutal assaults of thousands of Hispanics, and @aoc somehow can’t seem to find her White pantsuit to cry over their suffering," Cruz concluded.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk chimed in, saying the thread is "the kind of interaction that makes this platform so unique & entertaining!"

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/te...emocrat-party-founded-kkk-wrote-jim-crow-laws

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In a war of wits between Cruz and AOC she is totally unarmed :laugh: Cruz DESTROYED her . Read the OP it is hysterical.
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Sir, YOU ARE ONE SHIT-STIRRING MOTHER-FUCKER!

Some people are just not happy, unless they are STIRRING UP SOME KIND OF SHIT!

If you think this equates anything close to the fact that the REPUBLICANS ARE NOW THE PARTY OF THE KKK- Then go stir yourself up!

Next!
 
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martin said:
Cruz is playing the ignoramus card, acting as if he doesn't know the parties switched sides starting around 1940 when Roosevelt had won the hearts and minds of more liberal Americans. Until then and continuing into the 1960's
the racist South was a Democrat bastion, even called "the solid South" for its loyalty to Democrat national candidates. But the New Deal put a crack in that party loyalty, then Martin Luther King came along and Lyndon Johnson
shoe horned the Civil Rights Act into law, and overnight in historical terms the South switched from being "solid" for Democrats to being "solid" for Republicans, and so it remains. So it's really Cruz who has sympathies in common with the Klan.
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The democrats have opposed almost all civil rights legislation so the parties never switched, that is a lie the democrats made up to save face

What did switch were the blacks jumping to the democratic side through fear tactics employed by the democrats during Nikons southern strategy

Republicans have been the one’s passing every single piece of civil rights legislation including the last major one put forth by George Bush

The only democrat to support civil rights was Johnson after Kennedys assassin and not because he wanted to, and you can look up his racist quotes, he did it because it was politically convenient to do so

The parties never switched
 
Tinkerpeach said:
The democrats have opposed almost all civil rights legislation so the parties never switched, that is a lie the democrats made up to save face

What did switch were the blacks jumping to the democratic side through fear tactics employed by the democrats during Nikons southern strategy

Republicans have been the one’s passing every single piece of civil rights legislation including the last major one put forth by George Bush

The only democrat to support civil rights was Johnson after Kennedys assassin and not because he wanted to, and you can look up his racist quotes, he did it because it was politically convenient to do so

The parties never switched
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Dumb as a door nail.
 
ExpressLane said:
Ted Cruz reminds AOC her own Democratic Party founded KKK, wrote Jim Crow laws

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., invited her colleague from across the aisle in Congress, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to educate Twitter users on the history of America's diametrically opposed political parties, and his answer is unlikely what she expected.

The impetus for the Twitter discussion stemmed from Cruz first commenting on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) travel advisory for Florida that said the state "devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color."

"This is bizarre. And utterly dishonest." Cruz stated in a tweet Sunday. "In the 1950s & 1960s, the NAACP did extraordinary good helping lead the civil rights movement. Today, Dr. King would be ashamed of how profoundly they lost their way."


A user responded in accusation that Cruz "would’ve been first in line to filibuster against the voting rights act, and the civil rights act," in the 1950s and '60s.

"Nonsense. That shameful filibuster was led by Democrats – your party. My party – the Republicans – proudly voted for the Civil Rights Act in much higher percentages than the racist Dems," Cruz retorted in a tweet.

AOC inserted herself into the dialog by saying, "Why don’t you go ahead and tell people what happened to the parties after that, Ted."

Cruz took her up on the offer and responded in a tweet thread, saying, "Sure. – First, the Dem party founded the KKK. – Then the Dem party wrote Jim Crow laws. – Then the Dem party filibustered the Civil Rights Act."

"Today, the Dem party filibusters school choice – trapping millions of Black kids in failing schools. – Today, the Dem party pushes abolishing the police, which results in many more Black lives murdered. – Today, every Dem senator voted against my bill to stop DC from throwing 40% of Black kids out of schools bc of vax mandate," Cruz continued.
"The Republican Party was founded to oppose slavery. Our first Republican President was Abraham Lincoln, who won the Civil War and ended slavery. It was Republicans who voted for the civil Rights Act in a much higher percentage than racist Dems," he added.

"Today, we produced the lowest African-American unemployment EVER, under the Trump economic boom. – Today, we produced the lowest African-American poverty levels EVER, under the Trump economic boom," Cruz continued.

"Today, (in 2017) I passed the largest expansion of federal school choice EVER (making 529 plans cover K-12), over the objection of ever single Senate Dem," he said.


"Also, just two years ago, the Dem governor of Virginia had put the photo of A MAN DRESSED AS A KKK KLANSMAN on his personal yearbook page. – And today, the sitting Dem President – Joe Biden – gave in 2011 a flowery eulogy for an 'Exalted Cyclops' of the KKK," he stated.

"And to add to all that, the Dem party aggressively supports open borders – which has led to the deaths and brutal assaults of thousands of Hispanics, and @aoc somehow can’t seem to find her White pantsuit to cry over their suffering," Cruz concluded.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk chimed in, saying the thread is "the kind of interaction that makes this platform so unique & entertaining!"

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/te...emocrat-party-founded-kkk-wrote-jim-crow-laws

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In a war of wits between Cruz and AOC she is totally unarmed :laugh: Cruz DESTROYED her . Read the OP it is hysterical.
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Truly bizarre considering he'll run for another term.
 
ExpressLane said:
AOC should know better than to win a battle of wits with Cruz. She is a moron. Alan Dershowitz said Cruz was the smartest law student he ever taught at Harvard.
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Nordberg said:
The southern Dems were referred to as Dixiecrats. They were in the party but did not vote full Dem. They would always vote against civil rights. They were more Repub than Dem. When the Civil Rights Act was passed by Johnson, they quickly jumped ship and went, full Republican. The southern bigots, KKK fans, and haters went where they belonged. They have not moved.
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There was never a time they "jumped ship"... you can read the records of the folks in congress, there was never a great "swapping of the parties" where Ds changed to Rs while Rs changed to Ds. The historical records simply do not support this nonsense.

The reality is the folks that voted against Civil Rights stayed Democrats.
 
Damocles said:
There was never a time they "jumped ship"... you can read the records of the folks in congress, there was never a great "swapping of the parties" where Ds changed to Rs while Rs changed to Ds. The historical records simply do not support this nonsense.

The reality is the folks that voted against Civil Rights stayed Democrats.
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It was an evolution, not a ship jumping, but the evolution was complete.
Any arguments that dismiss this can only be disingenuous or not informed.
 
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