Republicans were the "liberals" and "radicals" back then. The right thing shift only really got moving in the 30s. In the 40s and 50s, Republicans began to see black voters in the North begin to start voting for the Democrats. The Republicans turned full on right wing loony bin in response to this in the 1950s and 60s, and implemented the Southern Strategy. A plan ment to draw in racist voters, and Dixiecrats and conservative white Southern Democrats. This plan was successful in the sense that it reshaped America politics. The shift was fully solidified in the 80s with Reagan.
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u/Windypolis 13h ago
They never cared, what they stand for is the confederacy and that has been true since at least the 1950's