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| − | ===Civil rights, desegregation and busing=== | + | ===Civil rights and homosexual activism=== |
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| | + | |[[File:Rosalynn Carter and John Wayne Gacey.jpg|198px]] |
| | + | |[[File:Rosaynn Carter and Jim Jones.PNG|250px]] |
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| | + | |colspan="3"|<hr/>As First Lady, Rosalynn was a prolific fundraiser. Here she appears with other notable Democrats (left) [[John Wayne Gacey]] and (right) the Rev. [[Jim Jones]]. |
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| | :{{See also|History of Democrat racism}} | | :{{See also|History of Democrat racism}} |
| | Carter signed a bill sponsored by the [[Exalted Cyclops]], Democrat Sen. [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.)<ref>Klansman take an oath; once a Klansman always a Klansman.</ref> and Sen. [[Joe Biden]] (D-Del.). Byrd held the floor for more than 14 hours in a filibuster against the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] and Biden sponsored an Amendment in 1975 to repeal sections of the 1964 Act. Byrd's amendment prohibited the use of federal funds to transport students beyond the school closest to their homes. Biden co-sponsored a measure that further restricted the federal government from desegregating city and suburban schools with redistricting measures like school clustering and pairing. This measure won the approval of a majority of Senate Democrats..<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791</ref> | | Carter signed a bill sponsored by the [[Exalted Cyclops]], Democrat Sen. [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.)<ref>Klansman take an oath; once a Klansman always a Klansman.</ref> and Sen. [[Joe Biden]] (D-Del.). Byrd held the floor for more than 14 hours in a filibuster against the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] and Biden sponsored an Amendment in 1975 to repeal sections of the 1964 Act. Byrd's amendment prohibited the use of federal funds to transport students beyond the school closest to their homes. Biden co-sponsored a measure that further restricted the federal government from desegregating city and suburban schools with redistricting measures like school clustering and pairing. This measure won the approval of a majority of Senate Democrats..<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791</ref> |
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| | + | Prof. Ronnie Dunn said opposition to busing was motivated by [[racism]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/joe-biden-embraced-segregation-in-1975-claiming-it-was-a-matter-of-black-pride</ref> Biden's opposition to integration didn't stop there. ''HuffPo'' reported: |
| | [[File:Biden with the Exalted Cyclops.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Joe Biden with the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd.]] | | [[File:Biden with the Exalted Cyclops.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Joe Biden with the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd.]] |
| − | Prof. Ronnie Dunn said opposition to busing was motivated by [[racism]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/joe-biden-embraced-segregation-in-1975-claiming-it-was-a-matter-of-black-pride</ref> Biden's opposition to integration didn't stop there. ''HuffPo'' reported:
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| | {{quotebox-float|In 1977, two black men nominated for key Justice Department posts by President Jimmy Carter easily won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. After confirmation by the full Senate, Drew Days III became the nation’s first black head of the department’s civil rights division and Wade McCree became the second black solicitor general. Only one member of the committee voted against them. It wasn’t segregationists [[Strom Thurmond]] (R-S.C.) or [[James Eastland]] (D-Miss.). It wasn’t even former [[Ku Klux Klan]] member [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.). The lone Judiciary Committee vote against the two men was Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.).<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-busing-nominees_n_5ca3c03de4b03174b92904f7</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|In 1977, two black men nominated for key Justice Department posts by President Jimmy Carter easily won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. After confirmation by the full Senate, Drew Days III became the nation’s first black head of the department’s civil rights division and Wade McCree became the second black solicitor general. Only one member of the committee voted against them. It wasn’t segregationists [[Strom Thurmond]] (R-S.C.) or [[James Eastland]] (D-Miss.). It wasn’t even former [[Ku Klux Klan]] member [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.). The lone Judiciary Committee vote against the two men was Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.).<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-busing-nominees_n_5ca3c03de4b03174b92904f7</ref>}} |
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| | + | As First Lady, Rosalynn Carter was a prolific fundraiser, including making appearances with [[homosexual]] [[serial killer]] John Wayne Gacey<ref>https://interestingfactsworld.com/rosalynn-carter-facts.html</ref> and the [[mass murder]]er of over 900 [[African Americans]], Jim Jones.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/how-san-franciscos-democrats-made-jim-jones-and-then-made-his-memory-vanish</ref> |
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| | === Economy and budget === | | === Economy and budget === |