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Sen. [[Huey Long]] (D–LA),<ref group=note>Unlike Robinson, whose anti–civil rights record is ignored by academia, Long's reputation has been directly sanitized and whitewashed by many academics (most notably T. Harry Williams) and mainstream sources into being portrayed as farsighted on racial issues.</ref> the nation's prominent far-left demagogue, was absent on the adjourn motion,<ref name=govtrack/> although he made it abundantly clear of his foremost opposition to anti-lynching legislation, stating:<ref>Jeansonne, Glen (1992). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4232958 Huey Long and Racism], p. 280. ''JSTOR''. Retrieved December 1, 2022.</ref>
Sen. [[Huey Long]] (D–LA),<ref group=note>Unlike Robinson, whose anti–civil rights record is ignored by academia, Long's reputation has been directly sanitized and whitewashed by many academics (most notably T. Harry Williams) and mainstream sources into being portrayed as farsighted on racial issues.</ref> the nation's prominent far-left demagogue, was absent on the adjourn motion,<ref name=govtrack/> although he made it abundantly clear of his foremost opposition to anti-lynching legislation, stating:<ref>Jeansonne, Glen (1992). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4232958 Huey Long and Racism], p. 280. ''JSTOR''. Retrieved December 1, 2022.</ref>
{{cquote|You can quote me as saying I'll vote 100 percent against the Costigan–Wagner anti-lynching bill that's brought up there in Washington. We just lynch an occasional n*****. No federal anti-lynching bill would help that.|||Huey Long, cir. 1934–35}}
{{cquote|You can quote me as saying I'll vote 100 percent against the Costigan–Wagner anti-lynching bill that's brought up there in Washington. We just lynch an occasional n*****. No federal anti-lynching bill would help that.|||Huey Long, cir. 1934–35}}
In an interview with Roy Wilkins, Long provided excuses for not supporting [[anti-lynching law]]s:<ref>Simkin, John (September 1997). [https://spartacus-educational.com/USAcostiganwagner.htm Costigan-Wagner Act]. ''Spartacus Educational''. Retrieved December 3, 2022.</ref>
{{cquote|You mean down in Washington Parish? Oh, that? That one slipped up on us. Too bad, but those slips will happen. You know while I was governor there were no lynchings and since [Governor Allen] has been in he hasn't had any. This one slipped up. I can't do nothing about it. No sir. Can't do the dead n**** no good. Why, if I tried to go after those lynchers it might cause a hundred more n*****s to be killed. You wouldn't want that, would you?|||Huey P. Long, February 1935}}
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