Posted by DougOut on 7/28/2018 4:08:00 PM (view original):
I'm not familiar with it. I'm pretty sure it was under our current Republic and was a compromise agreed to in 1877.
that is all true. Republican Rutherford B. Hayes removed all federal troops from the former Confederate states in exchange for his election as President. It's the beginning of your party as we know it today. Also check out the Southern strategy, implemented by Republicans Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and, very successfully, Donald J. Trump.