The majority of democrats and republicans voted for the bill. That's why this disingenuous turd does post the vote totals.The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was proposed by a Republican and a Democrat.
In the House there were 62 Democrats who voted against it and 23 Republicans.
In the Senate 17 Democrats voted against it with only 2 Republicans opposing it.
LBJ was one of the most Racist President this Country has seen.
The Racist Democrat Party was an obstacle to this legislation just like it was to the Civil Rights Act.
This thread is a LIE and another example of how the Left is ALWAYS trying to erase their RACIST past and rewrite history.
47 democrats voted for it in the senate. 30 republicans did.
TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965. -- Senate Vote #78 -- May 26, 1965
Senate Vote #78 in 1965, in the United States Congress.www.govtrack.us
221 democrats voted for it in the house. 112 republicans did.
TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. -- House Vote #87 -- Jul 9, 1965
So as you look at the congressional record, you see that more democrats voted for the bill than republicans.
Disingenuous Republicans forget American political history.
Your dishonesty is hurting you here since Democrats had a STRONG majority in the Senate and a significant majority in the House, in the 1963-65 time frame of course their yes vote total will be higher, but YOU left out the percentage of the yes and no votes, here it is from Wikipedia:
By Party
The original House version:[25]
Cloture in the Senate:[26]
- Democratic Party: 152–96 (61–39%)
- Republican Party: 138–34 (80–20%)
The Senate version:[25]
- Democratic Party: 44–23 (66–34%)
- Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)
The Senate version, voted on by the House:[25]
- Democratic Party: 46–21 (69–31%)
- Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)
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- Democratic Party: 153–91 (63–37%)
- Republican Party: 136–35 (80–20%)
I have known this fact for many years, but YOU didn't know......
You have been schooled!
Yeah, in the mid 1960s Congress was infested with Southern Democrats, staunchly opposed to any civil rights legislation.
Now that you fake Republicans are claiming the civil rights mantle - having taken over the racist opposition to equality before the law from Southern Democrats - do you think pointing to history makes you racist dickheads' fierce opposition to the restoration of the Voting Rights Act, after Roberts torched it, any less slimy and racist? After all, there's barely a single Republican vote to be found for that in both the House and the Senate, while Rightarded States are ramping up their disenfranchisement legislation.
You know, dickhead, it's impolite to assume everyone else is as stupid as you are, and too stupid to see through your brazen hypocrisy on top of that.
The democrats today are even more racist than their brethren in the 1960s.