Dear Joe,
After having listened to your recent speech regarding various voting bills throughout the nation, as well as your attempt to overthrow our Republic (we have not ever been, and hopefully never will fall to the depths of being a Democracy) with your own version of it, I thought a quick review of some important names in history might benefit you.
Abraham Lincoln - this fine man was a Republican. In fact, you may recall he actually is the Founding Father of the Republican Party, hence "the Party of Lincoln".
Dr. Martin Luther King - a registered Republican, though it is alleged he voted for LBJ in 1964. He may have reconsidered that vote (if it happened) after hearing LBJ's alleged comment "I'll have those n****** voting Democrat for the next 200 years."
George Wallace - perhaps best noted for his Inauguration Day speech in 1963: "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." He was a Democrat, something I would think you might remember, given that you had harped on the fact that Wallace called you an "outstanding young politician". Dementia can be a bitch, I do feel sorry for you.
Bull Connor - some famous quotes from this leading Democrat:
" All you gotta do is tell them your going to bring the dogs. Look at em run.I want to see the dogs work."
"As I have said on numerous occasions, we are not going to stand for this in Birmingham. And if necessary we will fill the jail full and we don't care whose toes we step on. I am saying now to these meddlers from out of our city the best thing for them to do is stay out if they don't want to get slapped in jail. Our people of Birmingham are a peaceful people and we never have any trouble here unless some people come into our city looking for trouble. And I've never seen anyone yet look for trouble who wasn't able to find it.”
These quotes were directed at African-Americans and others who were in the midst of battling for Civil Rights in the 1960s.
Jefferson Davis - If you had studied history, Joe, you'd recall that JD was a Democrat from the South during the Civil War era of our country. In fact, he was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. Easy thing to forget, because it's not as if talk of that has been in the news over the last several years. I will say in Davis' defense, from historical texts I've studied, he does not seem to be the worst of the worst, yet, he still was the leader of an actual insurrection against the federal government. Conveniently forgotten, I'm sure.
Yours, sir, is the party of hate. Republicans by no means are blameless in any of these situations, but it is the Democrats who have always profited by hate and divisiveness. The lack of any original thought for solving a problem that doesn't involve taxes and wealth redistribution (usually from political opponents to political allies) leaves very little else on the plate to discuss, I suppose.
Whether it's on vaccine mandates (that was a quick turnaround on that policy) or "voting right bills", you're flat wrong, particularly on the issue of voting rights. Actually read the legislation that you speak out against, and then compare it to your *home* state of Delaware or even New York, as for instances. The rights of all legal voters are better protected and guaranteed in the new legislation in R states, than in either of those (and likely many more) D states. Take care of business on your own side, and save the thinking for those with a brain.
P.S. - the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act passed with 79.632% "yeah" votes from Republicans (136 for, 35 against, 2 "present", and 5 who did not vote) in the House along with an 81.81% "yea" vote in the Senate (27 for, 6 opposed). Meanwhile, on the Democratic side of the equation, it was only 62.704% in favor (153 for, 91 against, 2 "present", and 7 who did not cast a ballot), and in the Senate it was a bit better at 68.656% (46 pro, 21 against). However, this does not tell the whole story. It was the Democrats in the Senate (particularly Strom Thurmond) who participated in the longest filibuster of a bill in history, before being stopped thanks to the efforts of the Democratic Senate Whip Hubert Humphey, (D, MN) and Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirkson (R, IL). Between the two, they managed to gain the needed votes for cloture (67 was needed at the time, and they garnered 71), and the bill was passed.
P.P.S. - you may also want to revisit your own Senate floor speeches in favor of all of the crime bills that you have proudly lauded throughout the years, or your own Vice President's track record as DA. Both would seem to suggest a certain theme that many of your *supporters* are not aware.
