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HARTFORD –
Over the past few years our society has been taking a step back and identifying sources of institutional racisms. Society has placed a high value on correctly labeling historical figures, events, and institutions in order to bring to light years of oppression towards people of color.
With such a history State Central Member Dennis Swanton introduced a resolution that will be voted on in the July 2020 State Central meeting condemning the history of the Democratic Party. Democrats have had a willful blindness to their own history. We demand the Party change its name.
“We believe it is vital that every citizen know the truth about the so-called party of inclusion and acceptance. If we are to hold Christopher Columbus accountable over 500 years after the fact, it is our duty and moral obligation to hold the Democratic Party accountable. As recently as 1977 Joe Biden sought the support of segrationalists. Biden Has publicly stated that 'you ain’t black' unless you support the Democratic Nominee. Statements like this bring back the ugly imaginary of political cartoons like 'Of Course He wants to vote Democrat Ticket'", stated Chairman JR Romano.
The Resolution outlines the Connecticut Republican Party’s belief the Democratic Party should change its name. Now is the time to address the hundreds of years of racial oppression, violence, and multiple violations of human rights.
We deem it necessary that the Democratic Party change its name due to the Party’s long tragic legacy denying Americans basic human rights including but not limited to:
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Democrats blocked the first attempt to ratify the 13th Amendment in 1863
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Democrats unanimously voted against the 14th Amendment giving former slaves citizenship
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Democrats unanimously voted against the 15th Amendment giving former slaves the right to vote
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Democrats instituted Jim Crow laws across Democrat led states, preventing African Americans the right to vote.
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Democrats held the longest filibuster in U.S Senate history to block the civil rights act 1957
This list is just a small sample of Democratic Party history. “Democratic Parties around the country have been stripping buildings, monuments, and pictures from government halls, yet the atrocities rest with the Democratic Party as a whole. To kill the serpent you need to strike at the head” stated Chairman JR Romano.
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