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===1940s: reelection, furthered bigotry===

===1940s: reelection, furthered bigotry===

[[File:Harry Truman by Kempton.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Throughout his political career, [[Harry Truman]] was heavily entangled with and entrenched among racists including Bilbo.]]

[[File:Harry Truman by Kempton.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Throughout his political career, [[Harry Truman]] was heavily entangled with and entrenched among racists including Bilbo.]]

Bilbo ran for reelection in 1940 and won renomination in the Democratic primary over former governor Hugh White. After winning the general election, a member of the Roosevelt Administration congratulated his victory and regarded him "a real friend of [[liberal]] [[government]]."<ref>Morgan, Chester M. (1985). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Redneck_Liberal/f8_t3_Ss0_MC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bilbo+real+friend+of+liberal+government&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover Redneck Liberal: Theodore G. Bilbo and the New Deal], p. 229. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref> In return, Bilbo boasted of being "100 percent for Roosevelt...and the [[New Deal]]."<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/a-history-of-liberal-white-racism-cont/275129/ A History of Liberal White Racism, Cont.] ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved September 14th, 2020.</ref> Despite his reputation as a notorious shrill demagogue, ''The New York Times'' referred to him as an "obscure member" of the Senate without mentioning his racial bigotry.<ref name=fleegler,pp.11-12>"Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism," pp. 11–12.</ref>

Bilbo ran for reelection in 1940 and won renomination in the Democratic primary over former governor Hugh White. After winning the general election, a member of the Roosevelt Administration congratulated his victory and regarded him "a real friend of [[liberal]] [[government]]."<ref>Morgan, Chester M. (1985). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Redneck_Liberal/f8_t3_Ss0_MC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bilbo+real+friend+of+liberal+government&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover Redneck Liberal: Theodore G. Bilbo and the New Deal], p. 229. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref> In return, Bilbo boasted of being "100 percent for Roosevelt...and the [[New Deal]]."<ref>Coates, Ta-Nehisi (April 18, 2013). [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/a-history-of-liberal-white-racism-cont/275129/ A History of Liberal White Racism, Cont.] ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved September 14th, 2020.</ref> Despite his reputation as a notorious shrill demagogue, ''The New York Times'' referred to him as an "obscure member" of the Senate without mentioning his racial bigotry.<ref name=fleegler,pp.11-12>"Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism," pp. 11–12.</ref>

According to Fleegler:<ref name=fleegler,pp.11-12/>

According to Fleegler:<ref name=fleegler,pp.11-12/>