it was all democrats. it wasn't republicans. >> right. but for the most part, those bigoted democrats, in the '30s, '40s, and '50s became republicans post the modern civil rights era because of it. you can't just yada-yada-yada. of the problem with this theory all that stands between the republicans and a plurality of the black vote is a history lesson is, well, enjoy. >> if i would have said who do you think the founders of the naacp are, do you think they were republicans or democrats? would everyone in here know they were all republicans? >> yes. >> all right. you know more than i know. i don't mean that to be insulting. i don't know what you know. i'm trying to find out what the connection is. >> calm down, everybody. just calm down. red team, start the car. remove the vanilla bean from the hot chocolate. red team. >> anyway, the senator also got stuck at one point trying to convince the audience he did, in fact, support the civil rights
it was all democrats. it wasn't republicans. >> right. but for the most part, those bigoted democrats, the '30s, '40s and '50s became republicans post the modern civil rights era. because of it. so you can't just yadda, yadda, yadda the last 60 republican years. the problem with this theory that all that stands between the republicans and a plurality of the black vote is a history lesson is, well, enjoy. >> if i would have said who do you think the founders of the naacp are, do you think they were republicans or democrats? would everybody in here know they were all republicans? >> yes. >> all right. all right. you know more than i know. i don't mean that to be insulting. i don't know what you know. i'm trying to find out what the connection is. >> calm down, everybody. just calm down. red team, start the car. remove the vanilla bean from the hot chocolate. red team. >> anyway, the senator also got stuck at one point trying to convince the audience he did, in fact, support the civil rights