GOP Congressman Oscar DePriest was the first black member elected in the 20th century; which ended a 28 year absence. When First Lady Lou Hoover invites all the wives of Congress for tea, protest erupts in the South for the First Lady refusing to snub Mrs DePriest from the event.

A black Democrat editor at Pittsburgh Courier tells readers to defect to the Democrat party "My friends, go turn Lincoln's picture toward the wall" he wrote. The GOP would never garnish more of the black vote than Democrats would after the 1932 election.

August 17, 1937- Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black is appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by FDR; his Ku Klux Klan background was hidden until after confirmation and the GOP was furious and felt that FDR had knowledge of this prior, which he denied.

June 24, 1940- The Republican party platform calls for the integration of the military 8 years before (D) President Truman issues his Executive Order. The platform says "Discrimination in the civil service, the army, navy, and all other branches of the Government must cease."

April 3, 1944- The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the Democratic Party’s “whites only” primary election system in the South ruling they violated the 14th amendment. SC, FL, MS, AL, TX, AR and GA all were forced to change but still use poll taxes and literacy requirements.

June 26, 1944- The Republican party platform demands an immediate congressional inquiry into the integration of the military. The platform also again urges Democrats to support anti-lynching and anti-poll tax legislation as well as a two term limit for President.

July 2, 1948- The Dixiecrats splinter from Democrat party at the convention to try to push aside the electoral college and force a vote in the House, which had much southern reach at the time. The State Rights Democratic Party was unsuccessful and only gained 39 electoral votes.

May 17, 1954 - Recently nominated by President Eisenhower, Chief Justice Earl Warren, the three-term Republican Governor (CA) and Republican vice presidential nominee in 1948, hands down the decision on school desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education.

November 25, 1955- The Eisenhower administration through the ICC, bans racial segregation on all interstate bus and train travel and in their waiting rooms.

March 12, 1956- 99 Democrats and 2 Republicans (both from VA) issue the "Southern Manifesto" which strongly condemned the Brown v. Board decision and urged "Resistance" against the "unlawful decision" and argued it was a violation of the 10th amendment.

June 5, 1956- Republican federal judge in Alabama and D-Day veteran Frank Johnson Jr rules in favor of Rosa Parks in a decision that strikes down “blacks to the back of the bus” law. Martin Luther King Jr. would later say he was "The man who gave true meaning to the word Justice"

June 29, 1956- President Eisenhower signs a bi-partisan bill to create the Interstate Highway system which spanned 41,000 miles to use as civilian travel but also a means of troop transport and civilian evacuation in the event of a nuclear attack.

Oct 19, 1956- At the Alfred E. Smith memorial dinner in NY on Richard Nixon said “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place ”

Sept 4, 1957- Democrat Gov of Arkansas orders the National Guard to block integration and prevent black students from entering the Little Rock High school. Republican President Dwight Eisenhower orders the 101st to deploy on 9/23 to ensure that the nine children are given passage

“The SC ruling on desegregation of schools is the law of the land, and though there may be disagreement over the president’s leadership on this issue, there is no denying that he alone had the ultimate responsibility for deciding what steps are necessary" -JFK on Little Rock

9/9/1957- Eisenhower signs the '57 Civil Rights Act which passed the House with 90% of GOP vs Dem 62% support and passed the Senate with 100% GOP vs Dem 52% support after Senate Majority leader Lyndon B Johnson watered down the House Bill that removed voting protections from it.

Feb 5, 1959- Eisenhower proposes a new Civil Rights bill to amend the '57 Act to Congress; saying that "that every individual regardless of his race, religion, or national origin is entitled to the equal protection of the laws."
18 Democrats would filibuster the bill for 125 hrs

May 6, 1960- The Civil Rights Act of 1960 is signed by President Eisenhower which allows the federal government to enforce voting rights by providing penalties to anyone who obstructs registering or voting. The Act also provides free education to children of all service members.

June-Sept 1963- Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies the order by U.S. District Judge (R) Frank Johnson to integrate Tuskegee High School and the University of Alabama by "Standing in the door". President Kennedy federalizes the Alabama National Guard to ensure they step aside.

January 8, 1964- (D) Lyndon B. Johnson declares the war on Poverty and while it has some successes, fails to drop the percentage of poverty by any significant percentage. A negative effect is seen on all family units, especially among black families following passage.

June 9, 1964- Republicans condemn the 75 hour group filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Bill led by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV) who argued the bill “would impair the civil rights of all Americans. It cannot be justified on any basis"

Illinois Republican Senator Everett Dirkson is instrumental on passage of the 64' Civil Rights Bill.

The House GOP voted in favor 78% to Dems 60%.
The Senate GOP voted in favor 82% to Dems 69% with changes.
Voted again by House GOP 80% to Dems 60%.

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Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) loses a landslide but was able to win 5 deep South states. He was a Libertarian leaning (R) who opposed the 64' Civil Rights on grounds he thought it was unconstitutional but voted for the 57' and 60' Civil Rights Bills and was a member of the Phoenix

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NAACP and the Urban League (awarded the 1991 Humanitarian Award) who helped integrate AR National Guard. He also demanded the Senate cafeteria serve his black legislative assistant and helped change the rule in 1953 to integrate the cafeteria during his 1st year in the Senate

Vermont, the bastion of the GOP, votes for a Democrat in the Presidential election in 1964 and ends its 108 year streak of voting Republican. The negative press for Goldwater in New England about his vote against the '64 Civil Rights Bill was partially to blame.

Feb 18, 1965- Marion AL, State Police under the command of Democrat Governor George Wallace, beat and club peaceful marchers in the street. Jimmie Lee Jackson, an unarmed Vietnam veteran, who was trying to protect his mother from being beaten was shot and died a few days later.

3/7/65- Protesting the death, MLK and 600+ others march from Selma to Montgomery with their sights set on (D) Gov George Wallace's Capitol building but immediately are met Edmund Pettus bridge by Wallace's state troopers who were ordered “to use whatever measures are necessary"

March 21, 1965 Republican US District judge Frank Johnson authorizes Martin Luther King’s protest march from Selma to Montgomery, overruling Democrat Governor George Wallace's order. The march to the capitol happened two days later with thousands of marchers and clergy.

August 6, 1965- The Voting Rights Act is signed by LBJ and provides protections against racial discrimination in Federal Elections by banning literacy requirements.
82% of the House GOP and 78% of Democrats vote in favor.
94% of the Senate GOP and Democrats 74% vote in favor.

Summer of 1967- “The long hot summer” refers to race riots that broke out in more than 150 cities nationwide that left almost 100 dead and almost two thousand injured as well as more than $100 million dollars in property damages. The worst of these riots being in Detroit.

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 passes in the House with 87% of GOP and 68% of Democrats support and passes in the Senate with 81% of GOP vote and 63% of Democrats but is watered down by those Democrats in the Senate and the House reverses with 53% of GOP vote and 61% of Democrats.

November 5, 1968- Richard Nixon wins the Presidency but loses the Deep South to segregationist (D) George Wallace (who ran as a 3rd party ticket) as well as (D) Hubert Humphrey. Nixon's pushes "Law and Order" after drugs, soaring homicide rates and crime sweep the nation.

Jan 8, 1969- The New York Times reports that an NAACP official in Harlem has compared borough “to the Wild West” and warns that citizens resort to “vigilantism” in an effort to stop exploding drug-related crimes. Rev Oberia Dempsey asks citizens to fight against "War on Dope"

October 27,1970- President Richard Nixon signs the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Prevention Act. (D) Rep. Shirley Chisholm from New York who was the first black woman elected to Congress, votes in favor and likens the drug problem to "the bubonic plague"

March 25 1971- The newly formed Congressional Black Caucus has a closed door meeting with Nixon about the growing drug problem in urban communities. Nixon secretly records the meeting. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) urges Nixon to fight drugs without waiting for congressional action

March 14, 1972- Governor George Wallace sweeps the Democratic primary in Florida. He also won early contests in Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee prior to being shot in Laurel, MD on May 15. He would win Maryland and Michigan a few days later before dropping out of the race.

November 7, 1972- Nixon wins the south as well as everywhere else in a landslide election. The Democrat party begins a shift left around this time which turns even more rapidly in 1976. The party begins being viewed by many as soft on communism, pro-abortion and anti-military.

Jan 22, 1973- Roe vs Wade is decided on by the SCOTUS. Jane Roe (whose real name is Norma McCorvey) lied about being gang raped by a group of black men resulting in a pregnancy. She later said she was used as a "pawn" by lawyers to challenge the law.

August 14, 1974- (R) President Gerald Ford repeals FDR's 1933 Executive Order 6102, which made private ownership of gold illegal and carried heavy fines and imprisonment. Ford's bill "permit US citizens to purchase, hold, sell, or otherwise deal with gold in the US or abroad"

The 76' election VP debate between Bob Dole and Walter Mondale was the first in history and a nationally televised event. Bob Dole was an early supporter of the Pro-life movement and an "early life amendment", while Mondale was a pro-choice candidate.

November 13, 1979- Ronald Reagan announces his run for Presidency in a speech from the New York Hilton which highlights the failures and weaknesses of the Carter administration including high inflation, inept foreign policy and an unrealistic energy policy.

July 7, 1981- Ronald Reagan fulfills a campaign promise of nominating the first female to the Supreme Court if given the chance by choosing Sandra Day O'Connor to fill Justice Potter Stewart's seat. She would be approved by the Senate with a 99-0 vote.

9/9/1982- Reagan at Alfred Landon lecture "until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it is. And thus, it should be entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Remarks at 21:55

June 20, 1982- President Reagan signs a 25 year extension on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 calling it the "crown jewel of American liberties."

Nov. 2, 1983- President Reagan signs into law, making Martin Luther King day a national federal holiday in all 50 states starting in 1986.

August 10, 1988- Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which formally apologizes for the treatment of Japanese Americans stemming from FDR's Executive Order 9066 during WWII as well as a redress check of $20k to every survivor of an internment camp.

Democrats along with their crony in academia and the media have altered the masses perception of historic reality to gain and hold power. Plato wrote about their cave 2500 years ago and this next section will help prisoners to find the exit by showcasing the myths and lies.

Myth #1- Abraham Lincoln would have now aligned with Democrats and modern progressives.

The "Founder's Son" firmly followed the Constitution and today would be considered an "Originalist". Let's first examine a few quotes from Lincoln to see if he sounds like a Democrat.

"God has made you free."

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves"

"I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor"

"I have understood well that the duty of self-preservation rests solely with the American people."

"no man believed more than I in the principle of self-government; that it lies at the bottom of all my ideas of just government, from beginning to end."

"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles."

"What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by 'our fathers who framed the Government under which we live;'"

Notice he says "We".

Contrary to what they say, modern Progressivism doesn't align with the Constitution or the Founders like Lincoln did. He hallowed the Constitution and the Founders alike. Progressives see the Judicial branch as the means of altering the Constitution. Lincoln would reject this.

I believe Lincoln saw the ideal of unalienable rights as the pinnacle of the Declaration of Independence unlike Democrats who seem to see the right to alter/abolish government as the most important ideal in the DOI. Lincoln didn't change the Founders words, he reaffirmed them.

Myth #2- The Lily-White movement shows that the parties began switching ideals long ago.
So let's explore a darker times in GOP history and see if this holds water.

Would an internal fraction between black and white members in a state that carried literally no weight for the GOP both locally or nationally be proof that the GOP began courting to racists long ago?

The Texas GOP had almost ZERO political influence, both locally and nationally, from 1890 until Eisenhower won 53% of the vote in 1952. While the movement is certainly nothing to be proud it hardly is the reason behind black voters bolting from the GOP in masses nationally.

Myth #3- The segregationist within the Democrats switched to the Republican party.

Instead of looking at Dixiecrats, a more accurate approach is to see who signed the Southern Manifesto and voted against Civil Rights Bills. So lets take a gander at the long list of Democrats.

Senate

John Sparkman (D-Alabama)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60 ‘64,‘65
died in 1985 as a (D)

J. Lister Hill (D-Alabama)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64,‘65
died in 1984 as a (D)

William Fulbright (D-Arkansas)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64,‘65
died in 1995 as a (D)

John L. McClellan (D-Arkansas)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64,‘65
died in 1977 as a (D)

George A. Smathers (D-Florida)
voted against CRA ‘60,‘64,‘65
died in 2007 as a (D)

Spessard Holland (D-Florida)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64,‘65
died in 1971 as a (D)

Walter F. George (D-Georgia)
died in 1957 as a (D)

Richard B. Russell (D-Georgia)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,‘64,‘65
died in 1971 as a (D)

Allen J. Ellender (D-Louisiana)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64,’65
died in 1972 as a (D)

Russell B. Long (D-Louisiana)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64,‘65
died in 2003 as a (D)

James O. Eastland (D-Mississippi)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,64,‘65
died in 1986 as a (D)

John Stennis (D-Mississippi)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,‘64,‘65
died in 1995 as a (D)

Samuel Ervin (D-North Carolina)
voted against CRA ‘57,’64,‘65
died in 1985 as a (D)

W. Kerr Scott (D-North Carolina)
voted against CRA ‘57
died in 1958 as a (D)

Strom Thurmond (D-South Carolina)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64,‘65
died in 2003 as a (R)

Olin D. Johnston (D-South Carolina)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64
died in 1965 as a (D)

Price Daniel (D-Texas)
died in 1988 as a (D)

Harry F. Byrd (D-Virginia)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64,‘65
died in 1966 as a (D)

A. Willis Robertson (D-Virginia)
voted against CRA ‘57,’60,’64,‘65
died in 1971 as a (D)

House of Representatives

Alabama
George W. Andrews (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64,‘65
died in 1971 as a (D)

Frank W. Boykin (D)
voted against CRA ‘57
died in 1969 as a (D)

Carl Elliott (D)
voted against CRA ‘57, ‘60, ‘64
died in 1999 as a (D)

George M. Grant (D)
voted against the CRA ‘57, ‘64
died in 1982 as a (D)

George Huddleston Jr. (D)
voted against the CRA ’57,‘60,‘64
died in 1971 as a (D)

Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64,’65
died in 1997 as a (D)

Albert Rains (D)
voted against the CRA ‘57, ‘60,‘64
died in 1991 as a (D)

Kenneth A. Roberts (D)
voted against CRA ‘57, ‘60, ‘64
died in 1989 as a (D)

Armistead Selden (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64,’65
died in 1985 as a (D)

Arkansas

Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64,’65
died in 1979 as a (D)

Oren Harris (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64,’65
died in 1997 as a (D)

Brooks Hays (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1981 as a (D)

Wilbur D. Mills (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64
died in 1992 as a (D)

William F. Norrell (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1961 as a (D)

James William Trimble (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64,’65
died in 1972 as a (D)

Florida

Charles Edward Bennett (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 2003 as a (D)

James A. Haley (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1981 as a (D)

Syd Herlong (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1995 as a (R)

D.R. "Billy" Matthews (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1997 as a (D)

Paul G. Rogers (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 2008 as a (D)

Bob Sikes (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1994 as a (D)

Georgia

Iris F. Blitch (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1993 unknown (Ill do further research)

Paul Brown (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1961 as a (D)

James C. Davis (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1981 as a (D)

John James Flynt Jr. (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 2007 as a (D)

Tic Forrester (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1970 as a (D)

Phil M. Landrum (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1990 as a (D)

Henderson Lanham (D)
voted against CRA ‘57
died in 1957 as a (D)

J. L. Pilcher (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1981 as a (D)

Prince H. Preston (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1961 (D)

Carl Vinson (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1981 as a (D)

Lousiana

Hale Boggs (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
presumed dead on Nov 16, 1972 as a (D)

Overton Brooks (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1961 as a (D)

F. Edward Hebert (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’65
died in 1979 as a (D)

George S. Long (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,’64
died in 1958 as a (D)

James H. Morrison (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 2000 as a (D)

Otto E. Passman (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1988 as a (D)

T. Ashton Thompson (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1965 as a (D)

Edwin E. Willis (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1972 as a (D)

Mississippi

Thomas G. Abernethy (D)
Voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,‘64,’65
died in 1998 as a (D)

William M. Colmer (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1980 unknown (Ill further research)

Frank E. Smith (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1972 as a (D)

Jamie L. Whitten (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1995 as a (D)

John Bell Williams (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1983 as a (D)

Arthur Winstead (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1995 as a (D)

North Carolina

Hugh Q. Alexander (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1989 as a (D)

Graham A. Barden (D)
voted against CRA ‘57
died in 1967 as a (D)

Herbert C. Bonner (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1965 as a (D)

Frank Carlyle (D)
died 1960 as a (D)

Carl Durham (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1974 as a (D)

Lawrence Fountain (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 2002 as a (D)

Woodrow Wilson Jones (D)
died in 2002 as a (D)

George A. Shuford (D)
voted against CRA ‘57
died in 1962 as a (D)

South Carolina

Robert T. Ashmore (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,‘65
died in 1989 as a (D)

W.J. Bryan Dorn (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 2005 as a (D)

John L. McMillan (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1979 as a (D)

James P. Richards (D)
died in 1979 as a (D)

John J. Riley (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1968 as a (D)

L. Mendel Rivers (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1970 as a (D)

Tennessee

Jere Cooper (D)
voted against CRA ‘57
died in 1957 as a (D)

Clifford Davis (D)
KKK member,
voted against CRA ‘57,'64
died in 1970 as a (D)

James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
voted against CRA ‘57, ‘60
died in 1978 as a (D)

Tom J. Murray (D)
voted against CRA ‘60,’64,‘65
died in 1971 as a (D)

Texas

Wright Patman (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1976 as a (D)

John Dowdy (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1995 as a (D)

Walter Rogers (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,’65
died in 2001 as a (D)

O. C. Fisher (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,’64,’65
died in 1994 as a (D)

Martin Dies Jr. (D)
voted against CRA ‘57
died in 1972 as a (D)

Virginia

Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D)
voted against CRA ‘57
died in 1966 as a (D)

Porter Hardy (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1995 as a (D)

J. Vaughan Gary (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1973 as a (D)

Watkins M. Abbitt (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,’64,’65
died in 1998 as a (D)

William M. Tuck (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1983 as a (D)

Burr Harrison (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60
died in 1973 as a (D)

Howard W. Smith (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64,’65
died in 1976 as a (D)

William Pat Jennings (D)
voted against CRA ‘57,‘60,’64
died in 1994 as a (D)

Out of the 82 Representatives and 19 Senators who signed the Southern Manifesto only two switched to the GOP afterwards. Syd Herlong (post-retirement) and Strom Thurmond (1964).
Two others supported Republican candidate(s) at some point.
Iris Blitch and William Colmer.

Myth #3 Ronald Reagan campaign began in Philadelphia, MS (The site where 3 civil rights activists were murdered in '64) This myth is stated in the media and press often as proof of Reagan's racism and how he dog whistled the racist with state rights. So lets explore!

Reagan began his campaign in November of 1979 from a New York Hilton hotel room, where he televised his announcement.

https://twitter.com/SeanMJoyce1/status/1190451882948530177?s=20
Bush had dropped out in May and Reagan locked up the nomination at that point although not technically until mid July.

The Neshoba county fairgrounds was featured in the June, 1980 issue of National Geographic (two months prior to the speech) and Mississippi in 1980 was a major battleground state that Carter won in '76. Reagan's staff reportedly got the idea of going to the fair from that issue.

Reagan's speech was not about state rights like they falsely claim and the line he uses saying state rights doesn't even garnish an applause from the audience. Listen at 11:30 to hear for yourself.

For some reason they also fail to mention that both (D) John Glenn in 1983 and (D) Michael Dukakis in 1988 also campaign at Neshoba County Fairgrounds...hmmm wonder why that is?

Myth #4- The Southern Strategy

This is by far the biggest myth the Democrats have used to smear the GOP with while allowing it to erase their responsibility of their disgusting past. This myth requires a rudimentary understanding of history and of politics to believe.

Democrats contend that Nixon was dog whistling racist by running on a "Law and Order" platform, but fail to point out that society at the time had devolved as drugs and crime were rampant all over the country. Murder rates sky rocketed and heroin was taking over urban areas.

So to conclude with this thread, lets explore the reasons the South really changed from Democrat to Republican with facts to back it up. The Democrats deception blocks the exit of the cave they created and prevents their prisoners from finding it. Facts bring light to the cave.

Most Democrats believe that the Republicans have been in total control of the South since the '60s because they only look at Presidential elections, but this is entirely false. States in the South did not become solid GOP states until the 1990's, 2000's and 2010's.

The GOP did not have control of the Governorship, State Senates and State Houses in these southern states until the below dates.
Florida 1992
Georgia 2005
Louisiana 2011
Mississippi 2012
Arkansas 2011
South Carolina 2003
North Carolina 2013
Alabama 2011
Texas 2003

The South had Democrat control at a local level until at least the 1990's in most states and some well beyond. So what changed with voters? While it is impossible to pinpoint a single issue, I think it is safe to assume that voters no longer saw Democrats as carrying their values

We all have seen what Democrats have become in recent years but it didn't happen overnight. They have long been seen as pro-abortion, anti-military, pro-union, anti-second amendment, pro-taxes as well as hostile to Christianity. It is no surprise that Southern voters fled.