"The Black caucus went to the Republican caucus after the 1990 census and said, ‘We’ve been voting for Democrats for 100 years and we’re no better off,’” Eaddy Roe Willard, a Republican activist in South Carolina, recalled of a redistricting debate that year. “We will vote with your map on the condition that you draw one congressional district where an African American can be elected.”
Just… sad state of things.
I can’t believe that after 165 years, the confederacy is actually winning the civil war
They won after reconstruction failed a hundred and fifty years ago. Hayes sold out the Union so the South could redeem its white supremacy.
How much did they actually lose in the first defeat?
Exactly.
because this time around, the rest of the USA is just sitting and nodding
Clyburn is a gigantic piece of corrupt shit. Easily one of the worst Democrats currently in Congress.
No doubt what comes next will be even worse.
Uncle Jim! You should’ve offered more than platitudes and throwing progressives under the bus and maybe your constituents would help you out. Also Tim Scott?!
Honestly fuck James Clyburn. That motherfucker has betrayed the progressive wing more times than I can count, and now he’s on the chopping block. A predictable result.
This is a preview. When Republicans cement their control, we will all be the bible belt.
They’re not trying to pretend anymore, the racist fucks.
That’s what they love Trump for. He taught them they can go full mask off and be rewarded for it.
Exactly. It’s fuckin disgusting.
