No analysis of the predicates for today's GOP is adequate without the context of the NeoConfederates who have passed on their forefathers' grudge about losing the Civil War, and the prominent place that Arizona plays in that. See also AZ Governor Ev Mecham.
qoto.org/@bibliolater/11299559…
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋  
🔴 🇺🇸 🗳️ History professor examines Nelson Rockefeller’s career as a lens for Republican Party’s rightward shift “When Ronald Reagan left office, ...

@claralistensprechen3rd I have not heard of Evan Mecham before how was he related to the Confederacy?

@bibliolater He became quite legendary in his time for being elected despite his use of such words as "pickaninny" --there was even a stage play written based on him: "The Guv". Arizona is where the only way you can get voted into office is for the Neoconfederates to support you, and they did. And they're still out there in their paramilitary groups.
Follow

@claralistensprechen3rd What part if any do you think that Nixon's 'southern strategy' played?

@bibliolater A considerable part. He pretty much rolled out the red carpet for Dixiecrats to invade the GOP, and invade they did.
Sign in to participate in the conversation
Qoto Mastodon

QOTO: Question Others to Teach Ourselves
An inclusive, Academic Freedom, instance
All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.