Correct? A couple of things. Let's talk about the parties. Historically. Yes, let's talk about it. The Republican Party was the party of emancipation. It has always been the party that stood for the freedom, for the freeing of slaves, and for civil rights. If you go back to the Civil Rights acts, and it's not just a 64 act, there were actually five other civil rights acts before 1964 massively, overwhelmingly supported by the Republican party. (35:23–35:32)
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