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President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a segregationist in 1948.

President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a segregationist in 1948.

“I’ve been a senator since ‘72. I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served with Strom Thurmond. I’ve served with all these guys that have set terrible records on race. But guess what? These guys are worse. These guys do not believe in basic democratic principles,” Biden said at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Wednesday, according to the pool traveling with him. “Time and again Republicans show they are the party of chaos and division.”

Biden’s comments come as Republicans in Congress are holding still a foreign aid package that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. The $95.3 billion foreign aid bill, which was passed by the Senate last week, still faces a showdown in the House as House Speaker Mike Johnson has told his House Republican Conference members that he is not rushing to respond to the bill.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    910·
    10 months ago

    Well, the eulogy was 2003…

    And the 2020 primary he wouldn’t shut up about how great friends he is with Republican senators.

    It only changed when they gave him the cold shoulder.

    I mean, really, do you think Thurmond was better?

    As bad as shit is now, it was much worse for minorities back in the 50s/60s. And while Biden didn’t get to the Senate till the 70s, he made quick friends with the older Republicans that had been in power then.

    You can’t play the “people change” card decades before they changed.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      10 months ago

      I mean, really, do you think Thurmond was better?

      Better than people who are racist and fascist traitors? Yes, obviously.

      Your question is like asking if negative eleventy-billion is a bigger number than negative infinity.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        10 months ago

        Jesus…

        People are really out there running around America thinking Strum Thurmond wouldn’t have overthrown the government if he thought he had half a chance?

        You wouldn’t be interested in buy a bridge in Brooklyn would you?

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
      96·
      10 months ago

      I am friends with a bunch of people that I don’t share views with. I have some friends that support trump, does that suddenly mean I support trump? Absolutely no, it doesn’t. I’m just saying, his actions now are what we should judge him on.

      As for becoming friends with people in congress, that’s called politics dude. You become friends with the people around you to further your own career. That goes for any career… Am I talking to teenagers here? Sheesh.