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The Dixiecrat leaders would destroy these measures. They join hands with the Republicans and denounce the measures as socialism. The Dixiecrats and the Republicans seek to tear down that which the Democratic Party has built for us. Dixiecrats and Republicans are birds of a feather.|||J. Lister Hill, April 12, 1950}}

The Dixiecrat leaders would destroy these measures. They join hands with the Republicans and denounce the measures as socialism. The Dixiecrats and the Republicans seek to tear down that which the Democratic Party has built for us. Dixiecrats and Republicans are birds of a feather.|||J. Lister Hill, April 12, 1950}}

Contrary to Hill's claim of the Dixiecrats inherently opposing New Dealism,<ref>Barnard, William D. (1974). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dixiecrats_and_Democrats/fIxSBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrat+tva&pg=PA181&printsec=frontcover Dixiecrats and Democrats: Alabama Politics], p. 140. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref> seized upon by some contemporary left-wing academics to brand the States' Rights Democratic Party as "conservative," scant, if any evidence substantiates the notion of the whole movement being unified under economic conservatism. Dixiecrat supporters were criticized for their "states' rights" hypocrisy because of their history of supporting liberal federal programs. In Mississippi, a student of Millsaps College from the city of McComb addressed a convention stating:<ref>Frederickson, Kari (2001). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dixiecrat_Revolt_and_the_End_of_the/_Y0MCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrat+tva&pg=PA145&printsec=frontcover The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968], p. 145. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>

Contrary to Hill's claim of the Dixiecrats inherently opposing New Dealism,<ref>Barnard, William D. (1974). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dixiecrats_and_Democrats/fIxSBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrat+tva&pg=PA181&printsec=frontcover Dixiecrats and Democrats: Alabama Politics], p. 140. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref> seized upon by some contemporary left-wing academics to brand the States' Rights Democratic Party as "conservative," scant, if any evidence substantiates the notion of the whole movement being unified under economic conservatism. Dixiecrat supporters were criticized for their "states' rights" hypocrisy because of their history of supporting liberal federal programs—in Mississippi, a student of Millsaps College from the city of McComb addressed a convention with a sharp rebuke against States' Rights backers:<ref>Frederickson, Kari (2001). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dixiecrat_Revolt_and_the_End_of_the/_Y0MCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrat+tva&pg=PA145&printsec=frontcover The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968], p. 145. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>

{{cquote|You have never objected to flood control programs, subsidies for farmers and education, and TVA or any of the other things the government has brought in to your profit.|||George Maddox to Dixiecrat supporters, 1948}}

{{cquote|You have never objected to flood control programs, subsidies for farmers and education, and TVA or any of the other things the government has brought in to your profit.|||George Maddox to Dixiecrat supporters, 1948}}