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===Huey Long's announced opposition===

===Huey Long's announced opposition===

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 P. 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 P. Long, cir. 1934–35}}