Biden says Republicans in Congress are worse than former segregationist senator
Biden says Republicans in Congress are worse than former segregationist senator
President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a segregationist in 1948.
President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a segregationist in 1948.
“I’ve been a senator since ‘72. I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served with Strom Thurmond. I’ve served with all these guys that have set terrible records on race. But guess what? These guys are worse. These guys do not believe in basic democratic principles,” Biden said at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Wednesday, according to the pool traveling with him. “Time and again Republicans show they are the party of chaos and division.”
Biden’s comments come as Republicans in Congress are holding still a foreign aid package that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. The $95.3 billion foreign aid bill, which was passed by the Senate last week, still faces a showdown in the House as House Speaker Mike Johnson has told his House Republican Conference members that he is not rushing to respond to the bill.
It would be nice if we had more to celebrate than what amounts to sick burns.
Does it help or hurt that Biden also gave a eulogy at Strom Thurmmond's funeral?
That article makes me like Biden even more. There's something to be said for someone who can respect all people and maintain his value set over his entire life.
Biden also disclosed his preference for persons over principles. Not that Biden has no principles. But he is loath to let his principles get in the way of personal connections. No amount of historical baggage was going to keep him from forming a bond with a colleague — and in Biden’s telling, Thurmond repaid that bond by standing with Biden through an episode of political peril.
Also on display in the pulpit of First Baptist Church that day was Biden’s view of politics as a two-way street, a marketplace of needs and favors in which participants can all benefit from the free exchange of chits. Except on Election Day, Biden is a “win-win” kind of guy. The “Northeast liberal” fully understood that his eulogy was a Thurmond power play from beyond the grave; the old coot turned to Biden for a fresh coat of paint on the historical record. But Biden benefited, too, from his prominent appearance as a national healer.
Edit: Not a defense of today’s Republicans, comparative damnation just as Biden did.
Worse than that piece of shit?
- Kept himself awake to subject the Senate to over 24 continuous hours, of non-stop verbal diarrhea. Just to delay (Delay! Not stop) the inevitable passage of the Civil Rights Act. Still the record holder for filibuster
- A ardent segregationist, and a big proponent of the ‘states rights’ argument for permitting segregation.
- At age 22 gets the family’s house servant pregnant - she turns 16 before giving birth to his child. Strom never acknowledged Essie as his own child, but paid for her education and ‘checked in’ periodically.
Oh btw, he was a Senator representing South Carolina from 1954… through until 2003, before dying shortly after resigning.
This sounds just like today's Republicans. The difference is that current reps don't have the spine to filibuster for a day, even if it was an option. When currently, I wouldn't say many are segregationists per se, instead they are just trying to eliminate different demographics all together, and are taking away rights. Lastly, lots of pedophiles in their ranks.
Obviously this turd was no saint, but I don't think the line between him and today's fascists is very big.
I went to DC as part of a school trip in 2000 or so. My AP political science teacher was the son of a prominent Chicago politician. So we got some special tours. I remember shooting a couple baskets on the Supreme Court Justices' private basketball court. And I remember wondering how often any of those old fucks shot hoops in there.
We also got a tour of the senate where we were able to wander around freely on the senate floor. It was pretty damn cool. Strom Thurmond's seat was in the front, and I stole his pencil. It was a regular #2 pencil, but it said united states senate on it instead of a brand. And it was full of chew marks.
I mean he's said Strom wasn't as bad as everyone thought
Yes.
For those that don't recognize the scene: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-can-excuse-racism-but-i-draw-the-line-at-animal-cruelty
This is the best summary I could come up with:
These guys do not believe in basic democratic principles,” Biden said at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Wednesday, according to the pool traveling with him.
The least popular President to seek re-election is now so desperate and so underwater in the polls he’s playing the race card from the bottom of the deck.”
Biden has faced criticism in the past for his comments about some senators who supported segregation.
He spoke at a tribute for Thurmond’s 90th birthday in 1993 where he praised him by comparing the former South Carolina senator to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
But the existential threat to humanity is climate,” Biden told those gathered at the fundraiser.
CNN previously reported the president has personally directed his senior campaign aides in recent days to focus more aggressively on Trump’s inflammatory comments.
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As a Democrat since the 60's (assuming he had opinions before being in office), wouldn't he have been one of those segregationists? When exactly did the racists all flip over to the Republican party?
Civil Rights Act era. The republicans decided to campaign on racism, called it the southern strategy.
Biden, who was incredibly new in the world of politics in the late 1960's, worked with under a Republican before being asked by the Republican party to run for them. He turned them down citing Nixon's views on race and his southern strategy, as Nixon was the person who had Republican party support.
And I should know a thing or two about former segregationist senators, being one myself
Can you explain, please?
Biden was against busing for school desegregation.
Without that and with the existing racist housing policies, it would have effectively prevented school desegregation.
Strum Thurmmond gave the longest fillibuster, and it was against civil rights.
Biden and Strum were friends, to the point Biden even gave a eulogy at his funeral.
You know that saying about how when you see four guys sitting at a table and one's wearing a nazi uniform?
Biden was super chummy with those old racists, so for him it was more like he was the only one out of uniform. Seriously, don't you remember the last primary? He kept talking about how they're all his friends and get along so well.
He just didn't know they didn't give a fuck about him after Obama. They only liked him because sometimes he pulled a Manchin.
It's really hard to believe that this is a statement they wanted to put out there.
- Reminds people that he's really old and has been in government longer than most people have been alive.
- Reminds people he was friends with those real racists.
- Reminds people of his long history and own troubling past with racist politics.
- Compares modern Republicans unfavorably to old racists, but not in that they're more racist, but that they don't believe in democracy. Maybe, if forced, people could come to the same conclusion about which of those things is worse, but it's just not a great look to compare racism as being the not-as-bad thing.
This has to be one of those statements that strikes these egotistical old men and makes them think "I'm brilliant, no need to second guess, just say it" while their aide just looks on horrified.
- A proven track record with the experience needed to lead us on.
- Are you friends with all of your coworkers?
- Reminds people that he is willing to change, adapt, accept new ideas, and acknowledges past ignorance.
- A racist democracy can be corrected so long as we work together. Meanwhile nothing can be done within a state established by those who do not believe in democracy (fascists).
Biden's a geriatric relic who doesn't have the good sense to step aside and let the younger vanguard lead the way but fucking anyone can spin what he's said after the fact in whatever way they want. Doesn't mean that spin isn't a wild reach, just like yours.
You've completely missed the point. This isn't a situation where a negative claim is made by an opponent and then you get a chance to respond. The problem is that Joe Biden's negatives are being injected into people's minds, not by his enemies, but by Biden himself. You won't have an opportunity to spin it, and any benefits from calling the Republicans anti-democratic chaos agents is muddied by simultaneously raising the salience of things they should prefer to be forgotten.
And spin can try to blunt damage, but it never completely neutralizes it. You want to be doing damage control as rarely as possible, because every time you're doing it you've lost something.
Yep. You definitely think you're brilliant and don't need to second guess this
With his confusing rhetoric about the border and now that... Is his PR team that desperate to get red votes? He himself don't usually makes statements like that.
What the fuck are you talking about?
See other comments about the latter. He compares racists he worked with (from the times conservatives adore) to the current gen that doesn't sound really impressive. The first one is that he promised to limit the stream of immigrants but now it's unkown how much and on what principles: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-weighs-invoking-executive-authority-stage-border-crackdown-212f/