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On June 10, 1964, Democrats' 57-day filibuster of the Civil Rights Act ended
VA Viper ^ | 06/09/2020 | harpygoddess

Posted on 06/10/2020 1:48:31 PM PDT by harpygoddess

On June 10, 1964, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), the Republican Leader in the U.S. Senate, condemned the Democrats’ 57-day filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Leading the Democrats in their opposition to civil rights for African-Americans was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), who got into politics as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan. At 9:51 on the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator Byrd completed an address that he had begun 14 hours and 13 minutes earlier.

Democrats still call Robert Byrd “the conscience of the Senate.”

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Never in history had the Senate been able to muster enough votes to cut off a filibuster on a civil rights bill. Nine days later the Senate approved the act itself.
1 posted on 06/10/2020 1:48:31 PM PDT by harpygoddess
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To: harpygoddess

And Senator Al Gore, Sr., Democrat from Tennessee voted against it.


2 posted on 06/10/2020 1:51:51 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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As an aside, Senator Everett Dirksen is generally credited with the quote, "a billion here and a billion there; pretty soon you're talking real money." Who would have ever believed back then we would be throwing around trillions like confetti?
3 posted on 06/10/2020 2:04:36 PM PDT by stormhill
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Why Republicans never hang overt racism around the necks of Demoncrats kills me. We have enough fodder to last a lifetime! Robert “KKK” Bird is their conscience...LOL!


4 posted on 06/10/2020 2:15:05 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: harpygoddess

Bookmark.


5 posted on 06/10/2020 2:20:10 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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On June 10, 1964, Democrats’ 57-day filibuster of the Civil Rights Act ended. In spite of this, the democrats still juke the black people into voting for them. Kinda sad, isn’t it?


6 posted on 06/10/2020 2:57:35 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Exactly. From pre-Civil War slavery to the 13-15th Amendments, to Woodrow Wilson, the Klanbake, the Civil Rights era, Robert Byrd, abortion mills in black neighborhoods . . . all point to historic Democratic racism that the GOP should pound at every opportunity.


7 posted on 06/10/2020 4:17:36 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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Thanks harpygoddess.

9 posted on 06/11/2020 11:03:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: mass55th

Bump. People need to be reminded of this.


10 posted on 06/11/2020 11:40:12 AM PDT by rdl6989
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11 posted on 06/11/2020 12:25:51 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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