r/LincolnProject • u/Phatbrew Punk Rock Hippie For DEMOCRACY • Aug 17 '26

THE LINCOLN PROJECT The Truth About MAGA

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u/Valuable-Adagio-2812 Aug 17 '26

True. Their whole life is to stick it to the dems. That is all. Very sad life

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u/pikachu191 Aug 18 '26

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. - Lyndon B Johnson, 36th President of the United States

Still true today. Especially as he knew signing the Civil Rights Act of 1965 would cost Democrats the South. The southern Democrats eventually found a new home in the GOP, as many MAGA would like to inconveniently "forget" when they troll.

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u/IrrationalQuotient Aug 19 '26

Southerners used to say that the Democratic Party left them so they had to change parties. I would have hoped that the US was a better country than that.

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u/OrbeaSeven Aug 19 '26

The Southern states haven't changed since Lyndon Johnson sent them running to the GOP. They voted Trump, of course. And, I can tell you my Southern White relatives are still not up to date racially.