Comments by "Tracy Barhite" (@tracybarhite1764) on "McCarthy Suggests Dems 'Change The Name' Of Party In Response To Confederate Statue Removal Bill" video.

@willoem2 The Republican Party in the 60's were the one's responsible for the passage of the Civil Rights Act. The Democrat Party controlled every Senate seat south of the Mason Dixon line. There was no party switch. The democrats were in control of southern states government into the 90's and 2000's. Most southern states didn't reliably vote Republican until the 2000's. Historical voting data provides factual evidence debunking the party switch myth that the Democrat Party loves to push.
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@georgemckenzie9717 The Dixiecrats did not become Republicans. There was no party switch. The only Dixiecrat that changed political parties was Strom Thurmond. Most southern states didn't vote reliably Republican until the 2000's. Southern states were Democrat controlled well into the 90's.
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@georgemckenzie9717 So it is your position that southern democrats became Republicans in 1948? That is laughable if that's what you think. Besides Strom Thurmond name the other southern Dixiecrat politicians that left the democrat party. Here's some historical voting data: Georgia - the Democrat Party controlled the governorship and the state legislature from 1872-2003. Republicans have only controlled Georgia since 2003. Alabama was democrat controlled from 1874-1987. Control flipped back and forth from democrats to republicans throughout the 90's. Republicans took control in 2003. Mississippi was democrat controlled from 1882-1992. It too flipped back and forth from democrats to republicans until 2004. Louisiana was democrat controlled from 1887-1980. It has flipped back and forth from democrats to republicans until the 2000's. North Carolina has flipped back and forth throughout historical voting. However, the democrats have had control 🙄 of the state 37 times to republicans 7. South Carolina has been controlled by democrats 40 times to republicans 9. South Carolina has only voted reliably Republican from 2003. So explain if the democratic party switched with the republican party, why did their constituents continue to vote democrats into power at the state level? This voting data is easily found and this data alone debunks the entire "party switch" as a democrat lie.
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@renaissanceman1724 I challenge you to go back through my comments, none of them mention Trump until my last comment to George. Notice, George can't answer any legitimate questions and he has no factual information to refute my factual evidence. He just continues to spread misinformation and lies. Get over Trump, he's gone, but people like George and you can't let him go. So therefore, yes Trump lives rent free in your head.
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@renaissanceman1724 Oh yes I have. I have posted multiple comments to you explaining that Lincoln was not a progressive or for big government. His February 1860 speech clearly states this in his own words, enlighten yourself and go read Lincoln's speech. I have also provided in my comments verifiable data to prove there was no party switch. You either haven't read my comments or you are willfully ignorant.
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@renaissanceman1724 Democrats do want to change parts of the Constitution without going through the process of making an amendment. Such as DC statehood, a ban on certain guns, and a federal election takeover. We've only had two parties in America for over a hundred years. Lincoln would most certainly be a Republican even in today's world. The Democrat Party is nowhere near Lincoln's values or beliefs. To get a clear understanding of Lincoln you need to read his own written words. It is clear that your understanding of American history has come from someone's opinion and not from factual sources of information.
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@renaissanceman1724 I'm glad to see you finally admit that you don't know American history that well. However, you have also fallen prey to the media narrative. Was Trump perfect, no. However, he isn't the villain the news media made him out to be. If you do research, you'll find the media took a lot of what Trump said out of context. Did Trump say some things that were bad or that I didn't agree with, yes. Concerning recently passed voting laws, have you read for example SB202 the Georgia Bill? What is in that Bill that you feel restricts a minorities right to vote? By the way just for your information there isn't anything in SB202 that other states (even democrat controlled) don't have in their voting laws.
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@renaissanceman1724 I'll give you the highlights of SB202. For more information you can go to Georgia.gov or there was a good summary on the Georgia Public Broadcast website. Many states have restrictions on food and drinks being passed out at voting places. New York and Delaware are two other examples with similar restrictions. The Georgia Bill does allow for food and water to be at voting places. The Bill only specified that it could be given out by poll workers or be self service, no third party vendors. Absentee ballots are different from 2020. Because of the pandemic voters had 180 days to cast their ballot. SB202 now gives 11 weeks, which is shorter. Also ballots need to be requested at the latest 2 weeks before election. County election officials requested this change because it was too difficult to get the large amount of absentee ballots returned in just one week. Drop boxes were never part of Georgia elections before the pandemic. In 2020 they were allowed at all government locations with 24/7 access. Some drop boxes were tampered with due to the location being outside. That is why they moved the drop boxes inside. They are still at government locations like before just inside. The mobile voting busses are only to be used in an emergency situation. Some county election officials complained because there were only 2 busses and therefore not equal. The election board is different (in my opinion it eliminated partisanship) it consists of 5 members. One each from the Senate and House, one republican and democrat, and one who us appointed. The appointed person cannot have any party affiliation or have made any donations for 2 years prior. Early voting is longer and has a mandatory Saturday with optional Sunday voting. I believe it is 17 days from 7am to 7pm. I don't see these as being restrictions on minority communities because many of these new laws were never in effect before 2020. While I do believe there was some voting irregularities and we know there has always been some fraudulent activity in previous elections not just 2020. So far there has been no evidence of widespread abuse. Although in my opinion I think the courts that didn't even hear any of the evidence should have at least looked at it. I think that would have made many Trump voters not so defensive. The most famous comment taken out of context was the very fine people on both sides. Also the media narrative that Trump never condemned white supremacists. There was an article by USA Today that refuted the mainstream media claims.
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@renaissanceman1724 It's been a great debate 👌
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@georgemckenzie9717 LOL Trump lives rent free in your head. Have a good life. Peace
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@renaissanceman1724 LOL and yet you don't provide any factual evidence to support that George is correct. Just as George didn't supply any sources that support his claims of a "party switch". I have however supplied factual evidence that there was no "party switch". Maybe you can answer the question that George said he didn't need to answer. What democrat politicans except Strom Thurmond became a Republican? Why would voters in Southern states continually vote for democrats into the 90's and later if the democrats switched to republican? Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 1994. That was the first time in 30 years that republicans held a majority in the south. The south didn't reliably vote Republican until the 2000's. I think it is you and George who don't want to see the facts. You just want to continue the "party switch" myth.
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@georgemckenzie9717 You all have been saying the same things for decades too. Democrats have been pushing the narrative of a "party switch" and that republicans are terrible people. However, you still haven't answered my questions and you have yet to provide any factual evidence to support your claims. By the way I'm glad you're having a great life, as I am too.
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@renaissanceman1724 You gave your opinion as to why those people are still waving the Confederate flags. I at least gave factual information that you could verify for yourself, but you won't. Like I told George, I will agree to disagree. Peace
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@renaissanceman1724 OK yes some republicans are flying the Confederate flag. However, you can't put a blanket statement out that all republicans fly the Confederate flag. I specifically did not address the Confederate flag because it has nothing to do with the "party switch" myth. However, you simply cannot admit that you've been lied too or received at the very least false information. There was no "party switch". Just because you want it to be true to make you "feel" better about the democrat party, doesn't make it true.
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@renaissanceman1724 I have supplied you with irrefutable proof of the "party switch" myth created by democrats. Again why would constituents continue to vote for democrats in their state government if the there was a party switch? The south didn't reliably vote republicans into office until the 90's and 2000's.
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@renaissanceman1724 Your argument that just because a few republicans fly the Confederate flag today that the Republican Party was the Democrat Party of slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation. That is absolutely ridiculous. I have given you a plethora of verifiable information to disprove your claim.
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@renaissanceman1724 Yes, that's just a small fraction of the Republican Party in America. There were around 500 arrested. Those people who rioted do not represent the Republican Party. They are an extremist fringe group and deserve to be condemned. A few people with Confederate flags today is not the Democrat Party of slavery.
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@renaissanceman1724 Your exact words to Dave were "Those Confederate of the past, fighting for their right to keep slaves were Republicans fool, it doesn't matter if they called themselves Democrats in that time." I have disproved this many times with facts. Those Confederate people of the south continued to vote for democrats. In some southern states they continued to vote for democrats for one hundred years or more after the Civil War. The state of Georgia voted for democrats for over 130 years. If the parties switched as you say why would they continue to vote democrats into office? I'll answer that for you because you won't. There was no party switch!
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@renaissanceman1724 Your response to Yankee Heritage, "Let me guess, you think that if Lincoln would be alive now, he would be a Republican? " If Lincoln wouldn't be a Republican what would he be? Certainly not a Democrat that's for sure. Again Lincoln believed in the Constitution and he was for limited government. Those are still values that the Republican Party holds today.
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@renaissanceman1724 I can agree that if Trump did something criminally wrong then yes he should be held responsible. We are a nation of laws. If we don't follow the laws then we'll have anarchy. However, we all know there's a justice system for the haves and one for the have nots. If you're rich you skate.
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