This is going to stun a lot of people, but Matt Schlapp has the facts wrong.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

This is going to stun a lot of people, but Matt Schlapp has the facts wrong.

I know, I know. Let's dig in.

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[barbaraann]

1. "The Dems were the slavery/Jim Crow party"

Hmmm...why would that be in the past tense????? BECAUSE TODAY THE REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF SLAVERY/JIM CROW.

Please forgive my yelling, but I've spent my entire adult life of about sixty years watching the constant bloody parade of right-wing evil.

[rsdsharp]

2. Who the fuck is "Johnny Jackie Robinson?"

Robinson’s full name was Jack Roosevelt Robinson.

[elleng]

3. Jackie Robinson fought for a racially inclusive GOP.

By MICHAEL G. LONG
JAN 30, 2019

'Jackie Robinson wasn’t merely “the loneliest man in sports,” as the journalist Jimmy Cannon put it in 1947. By the end of his life — he was born 100 years ago Thursday — Robinson was also the loneliest man in politics.

Robinson’s politics steered Republican, but party leaders often isolated him because of his persistent call for a racially inclusive party. Had they embraced him, their party might not have become the sort of haven where politicians such as U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa felt safe enough to express support for white nationalism and white supremacy.

Throughout the 1950s, Robinson was convinced that Abraham Lincoln’s party was still slanted toward freedom, and that African-Americans would do well to avoid becoming captive to just one political party, especially the Democratic Party, with its Dixiecrats chairing key congressional committees.'>>>

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-jackie-robinson-100-politics-mlk-nixon-0131-20190130-story.html