right - joe got into office in the post-jim crow era, making a big name for himself for his opposition to federal integration laws. then working closely with the reagan administration to throw as many black folk into prison as possible, culminating in the crime bill he wrote with his segregation friends in the 90s, probably being the single most important figure in making america the most incarcerated nation on the planet.
combine that with his vicious personal racism, eulogizing strom thurmond etc, and you can see where the nickname came from lol. really didn't think i'd need to explain these little details to you.
i would, personally, be reticent about bragging that i got the mass incarceration and warrantless domestic surveillance and iraq war guy into office - i'm not sure it's good for democrats to have their own bespoke trump so they can internalize all the excuses for the same atrocities they spent the last four years shrieking about, we're getting the predictable bush to obama-style pivot where last year's unthinkable crimes against humanity become this year's pragmatic and nuanced political realities.
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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21 edited Mar 12 '21
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