In 1965, a Conservative Tried to Keep America White. His Plan Backfired

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NPR uses the loaded term "Conservative" in trying to mask that all those involved were partisan Democrats:

President Johnson

Senator Philip Hart (D-Mich.)

Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.)

Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.)

Rep. Michael Feighan (D-Ohio)

A “mask” that only applies if one is unable to read past a headline.

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a new immigration law...

The original version of the bill, introduced in the Senate by Philip Hart (D-Mich.) and in the House by Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.)...

Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) said he objected to the idea of giving people from Ethiopia the same right to immigrate...

Nevermind the utter uselessness of applying a “conservative” label to parties that were still yet to fully consolidate along those lines in the wake of the Civil Rights Act, signed the year before these events.

Yeah, that headline is bizarre. In what sense is Feighan a conservative?

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