2026-04-22 12:59 UTC
@jonesmurphy@mastodon.social I think the confirmation of Rehnquist as Chief Justice is the pivot in modern American history
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@jonesmurphy@mastodon.social 2026-04-22 14:10
@dnkboston@apobangpo.space no, the pivot happened earlier, when white voters mostly left the Democratic Party in immediate disgust at Civil Rights. That almost immediately gave the GOP the Supreme Court majority and put Rehnquist on the Court in the first place. Last time a Dem has ever won a national majority of white voters for President was 1964, yr of the Civil Rights Act. It has never happened again and it ain't happening in my remaining lifetime. Trump won young white voters.