Republican says Blacks and Whites Were Lynched Equally

Colorado state Rep. Lori Saine (R) claimed blacks and white Republicans were lynched in “nearly equal” numbers following Reconstruction and chastised the main sponsors of a resolution honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day during a speech on the House floor, the Denver Post reports.

Said Saine: “We have come a long way on that arc since the Reconstruction, since whites and blacks alike were in nearly equal numbers lynched for the crime of being Republican.”

 

Here are the facts...

"According to the Tuskegee Institute, 4,743 people were lynched between 1882 and 1968 in the United States, including 3,446 African Americans and 1,297 whites."

"The first severe period of violence in the South was between 1868 and 1871. White Democrats attacked black and white Republicans to suppress their voting in elections."

Lynching in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States

 

Thanks for providing evidence on yet another Republican lie.

 

Sounds like you are getting a hard-on since white Republicans only represent 27.3% of the total instead of 50%.

 

If the number was 49.932%, it would still be considered a lie in the world of unicorns and rainbows.

 

All of those lynchings were done by Conservatives like you, so spare me your fake outrage.

 

They were all done by Democrats. Spare me your ignorance of history.

 

What's in a name, eh? Were they progressive, which Democrats are now and have been for a long time? Were the politics of the lynch mobs progressive, or were they conservative in nature? Are Republicans presently progressive or are they conservative? And how about Democrats? Hint: Who did David Duke vote for?

It's like you're just phoning it in.

 

So? Reagan was a Democrat, so was Trump - all those racist thugs moved to Republican Party since the civil rights act passed because they couldn't share the same room with minorities

Here's a quote from 'Democrat' George Wallace

"I am a conservative. I intend to give the American people a clear choice. I welcome a fight between our philosophy and the liberal left-wing dogma which now threatens to engulf every man, woman, and child in the United States. I am in this race because I believe the American people have been pushed around long enough and that they, like you and I, are fed up with the continuing trend toward a socialist state which now subjects the individual to the dictates of an all-powerful central government.

Conservatism = Racism, that's just general knowledge

 

You know that Democrats are still lynching people in the modern era. It is just a different type of lynching.