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===John F. Kennedy===
===John F. Kennedy===
[[John F. Kennedy]] admired Hitler,<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4340596/JFK-s-diary-reveals-deep-fascination-Adolf-Hitler.html</ref> and his father Joe opposed US entry into World War II out of anti-Semitism.
[[File:Kennedy on the campaign trail.jpg|right|300px|thumb|John Kennedy campaigning.]]
[[File:Kennedy on the campaign trail.jpg|right|300px|thumb|John Kennedy campaigning.]]
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, who later ran for president, voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.<ref>HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. PASSED. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75</ref> Kennedy's 1957 book, ''Profiles in Courage'', celebrated the vote of Sen. Edmund Ross to acquit Pres. [[Andrew Johnson]], the first step in ending Republican [[Reconstruction]] reforms and paving the way for the Democrat era of [[Jim Crow]] laws and the [[segregation]] era.<ref>https://brewminate.com/andrew-johnson-impeachment-and-reconstruction/</ref>
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, who later ran for president, voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.<ref>HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. PASSED. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75</ref> Kennedy's 1957 book, ''Profiles in Courage'', celebrated the vote of Sen. [[Edmund Ross]] to acquit Pres. [[Andrew Johnson]], the first step in ending Republican [[Reconstruction]] reforms and paving the way for the Democrat era of [[Jim Crow]] laws and the [[segregation]] era.<ref>https://brewminate.com/andrew-johnson-impeachment-and-reconstruction/</ref>
===Lyndon Johnson===
===Lyndon Johnson===