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Hillary Clinton: “The Democratic Party has lost the South for a generation…”

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Hillary Clinton: The Supreme Court Knows Its Own Rulings Are "Nonsensical"

Published | Video Starts at 13:14

That was always a flashpoint for the anti civil rights mentality that was not just in the south, but heavily located in the South. And remember, Johnson said, with the passage of this bill along with the 1964 Civil Rights act, The Democratic Party has lost the South for a generation. Well, it turns out like three or four or five or maybe infinite generations. So he was not in any way naive about the continuing opposition to the very simple proposition of one person, one vote, and. And establishing the institutional framework to guarantee that. (13:14–13:23)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party's loss of the South has extended beyond one generation.

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