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==Remaining fragments—Democrat or Republican?==

==Remaining fragments—Democrat or Republican?==

In "Myth America," popular left-wing revisionist historian and Twitter personality Kevin M. Kruse,<ref group=note>Kruse, an icon for leftists who antagonize conservatives as racist, notably fails to distinguish who is and isn't a Dixiecrat despite being an exalted Princeton professor with a Ph.D. from Cornell University. For instance, he claims in "Myth America" that [[James F. Byrnes]] was a Dixiecrat ([https://www.google.com/books/edition/Myth_America/bqZdEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+republicans+kevin+kruse&pg=PT336&printsec=frontcover see result 3/10 here]) [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Newspaper_Wars/p50wDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=james+f.+byrnes+dixiecrat&pg=PT114&printsec=frontcover despite Byrnes expediently refusing to support neither Truman nor Thurmond in 1948.] In addition, Kruse [https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1013981446615322624 incorrectly labeled numerous individuals as Dixiecrats in a Twitter debate with Dinesh D'Souza.]</ref> along with Julian E. Zelizer, quotes author Kari Frederickson, who stated, "there was a strong correlation between counties that supported the Dixiecrats and those that endorsed Eisenhower."<ref>Kruse, Kevin M.; Zelizer, Julian E. (January 3, 2023). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Myth_America/bqZdEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+republicans+kevin+kruse&pg=PT336&printsec=frontcover Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref> Kruse cites several Dixiecrat leaders who went on to endorse Eisenhower, such as [[Leander Perez]] of Louisiana, several South Carolina Democrats, and several others as alleged proof of a Dixiecrat–Republican correlation.

In "Myth America," popular left-wing revisionist historian and Twitter personality Kevin M. Kruse,<ref group=note>Kruse, an icon for leftists who antagonize conservatives as racist, notably fails to distinguish who is and isn't a Dixiecrat despite being an exalted Princeton professor with a Ph.D. from Cornell University. For instance, he claims in "Myth America" that [[James F. Byrnes]] was a Dixiecrat ([https://www.google.com/books/edition/Myth_America/bqZdEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+republicans+kevin+kruse&pg=PT336&printsec=frontcover see result 3/10 here]) [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Newspaper_Wars/p50wDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=james+f.+byrnes+dixiecrat&pg=PT114&printsec=frontcover despite Byrnes expediently refusing to support neither Truman nor Thurmond in 1948.] In addition, Kruse [https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1013981446615322624 incorrectly labeled numerous individuals as Dixiecrats in a Twitter debate with Dinesh D'Souza.]</ref> along with Julian E. Zelizer, quotes author Kari Frederickson, who stated, "there was a strong correlation between counties that supported the Dixiecrats and those that endorsed Eisenhower."<ref>Kruse, Kevin M.; Zelizer, Julian E. (January 3, 2023). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Myth_America/bqZdEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+republicans+kevin+kruse&pg=PT336&printsec=frontcover Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref> Kruse cites several Dixiecrat leaders who went on to endorse Eisenhower, such as [[Leander Perez]] of Louisiana, several South Carolina Democrats, and several others as alleged proof of a Dixiecrat–Republican correlation.