I never thought I’d be defending Hillary, but here goes. During the recent debates, Hillary made the much criticized statement, “It took a president to get it done.” She was referring to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Regarding the Civil Right Act, she was absolutely correct. It’s not the complete story. You can get more detail in my articles about Affirmative Action.
President Johnson made it his goal to pass this legislation as a promise to the Kennedy’s after JFK’s assassination. The problem was that he could not get the support of his own party. One of his outspoken opponents was Al Gore Sr. It took the support of the Republicans to pass the act and President Johnson praised the Republicans for their “overwhelming majority.
It was a President who took up the banner of the Civil Rights Act and work with the Republican party to push the votes beyond the 2/3rd majority needed to pass this Constitutional amendment.
Anyways, I still love watching Democrats take a sentence and label someone as racist or racially insensitive.
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