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In a Twitter debate, D'Souza challenged Kruse to name "200 or so racist Dixiecrats who switched parties and became Republicans." [https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1013981447609253889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Kruse incorrectly and/or without evidence designated the following as Dixiecrats] despite his prestigious status as a Princeton professor:

In a Twitter debate, D'Souza challenged Kruse to name "200 or so racist Dixiecrats who switched parties and became Republicans." [https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1013981447609253889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Kruse incorrectly and/or without evidence designated the following as Dixiecrats] despite his prestigious status as a Princeton professor:

* [[John Tower]], the first elected Republican U.S. senator from [[Texas]] since Reconstruction—although Tower was previously affiliated with the Democratic Party, he was only a teenager at the time of the SRP (States' Rights Party/Dixiecrat) revolt in 1948 and there is no evidence he supported it

* [[John Tower]], the first elected Republican U.S. senator from [[Texas]] since Reconstruction—although Tower previously affiliated with the Democratic Party, he was only a teenager at the time of the SRP (States' Rights Party/Dixiecrat) revolt in 1948 and there is no evidence he supported it

* [[William C. Cramer]], the father of the modern Florida Republican Party—Cramer's switch from Democrat to Republican in 1949 was at the urging of his law partner [[Herman Goldner]], a supporter of civil rights, and there is no evidence that he ever affiliated with the Dixiecrats, which would have been unlikely given his lack of racial animosity (though he later campaigned against busing in appeals to white swing votes) and openly courting Cuban support in building a statewide GOP coalition<ref>Francis-Fallon, Benjamin (September 24, 2019). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rise_of_the_Latino_Vote/fVWsDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+c.+cramer+cuban+americans&pg=PA156&printsec=frontcover The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History], p. 156. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>

* [[William C. Cramer]], the father of the modern Florida Republican Party—Cramer's switch from Democrat to Republican in 1949 was at the urging of his law partner [[Herman Goldner]], a supporter of civil rights, and there is no evidence that he ever affiliated with the Dixiecrats, which would have been unlikely given his lack of racial animosity (though he later campaigned against busing in appeals to white swing votes) and openly courting Cuban support in building a statewide GOP coalition<ref>Francis-Fallon, Benjamin (September 24, 2019). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rise_of_the_Latino_Vote/fVWsDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+c.+cramer+cuban+americans&pg=PA156&printsec=frontcover The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History], p. 156. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>

* [[Edward Gurney]], a Republican U.S. senator from Florida—although Gurney, a Maine transplant, appealed to the anti–civil rights sentiment within the state, there is no evidence that he joined the SRP revolt

* [[Edward Gurney]], a Republican U.S. senator from Florida—although Gurney, a Maine transplant, appealed to the anti–civil rights sentiment within the state, there is no evidence that he joined the SRP revolt