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President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a segregationist in 1948.

President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a segregationist in 1948.

“I’ve been a senator since ‘72. I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served with Strom Thurmond. I’ve served with all these guys that have set terrible records on race. But guess what? These guys are worse. These guys do not believe in basic democratic principles,” Biden said at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Wednesday, according to the pool traveling with him. “Time and again Republicans show they are the party of chaos and division.”

Biden’s comments come as Republicans in Congress are holding still a foreign aid package that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. The $95.3 billion foreign aid bill, which was passed by the Senate last week, still faces a showdown in the House as House Speaker Mike Johnson has told his House Republican Conference members that he is not rushing to respond to the bill.

  • @Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
    45•4 months ago

    Edit: Not a defense of today’s Republicans, comparative damnation just as Biden did.

    Worse than that piece of shit?

    • Kept himself awake to subject the Senate to over 24 continuous hours, of non-stop verbal diarrhea. Just to delay (Delay! Not stop) the inevitable passage of the Civil Rights Act. Still the record holder for filibuster
    • A ardent segregationist, and a big proponent of the ‘states rights’ argument for permitting segregation.
    • At age 22 gets the family’s house servant pregnant - she turns 16 before giving birth to his child. Strom never acknowledged Essie as his own child, but paid for her education and ‘checked in’ periodically.

    Oh btw, he was a Senator representing South Carolina from 1954… through until 2003, before dying shortly after resigning.

    • @BassTurd@lemmy.world
      37•4 months ago

      This sounds just like today’s Republicans. The difference is that current reps don’t have the spine to filibuster for a day, even if it was an option. When currently, I wouldn’t say many are segregationists per se, instead they are just trying to eliminate different demographics all together, and are taking away rights. Lastly, lots of pedophiles in their ranks.

      Obviously this turd was no saint, but I don’t think the line between him and today’s fascists is very big.

    • downhomechunk [chicago]English
      13•4 months ago

      I went to DC as part of a school trip in 2000 or so. My AP political science teacher was the son of a prominent Chicago politician. So we got some special tours. I remember shooting a couple baskets on the Supreme Court Justices’ private basketball court. And I remember wondering how often any of those old fucks shot hoops in there.

      We also got a tour of the senate where we were able to wander around freely on the senate floor. It was pretty damn cool. Strom Thurmond’s seat was in the front, and I stole his pencil. It was a regular #2 pencil, but it said united states senate on it instead of a brand. And it was full of chew marks.