The Legacy of Racism in the Democratic Party

In recent years, left-wing Democrats and so-called "progressives" have routinely labeled as racist some of America's greatest Founding Fathers and military leaders who were slaveholders – men such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert E. Lee. They have also demanded that statutes of these men be pulled down and that the buildings which bear their name be changed because of their shameful past. The people calling for these changes almost always come from those in the Democratic Party.

But one hears little from these woke individuals about the legacy of racism in the Democratic. Party. There are no apologies for the actions taken and the votes cast by politicians in the Democratic Party during the second half of the 19^th century and the first half of the 20^th.