Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is being ridiculed after a Fox News appearance in which he said that if Democrats were really serious about racism, they'd change their name.
According to McCarthy, the party "Democrat" was used by many racists during the Civil War. Today, the Republican Party is harbor to racists.
According to the good people of Merriam-Webster, the word "democrat" is a 1790 word that means, adherent or advocate of democracy." From French démocrate (18c., opposed to aristocrate). It explains that it was "formally revived in U.S. as a political party affiliation 1798, with a capital D." In the 1790s, the two main parties today were actually one main one, known as Democratic-Republicans, the party of then Vice President and future President Thomas Jefferson, who was opposed to the Federalist Party at the time.
So, by McCarthy's logic, if Republicans are truly committed to opposing Democrats, they should change their name, because during the 1790s, they were known as Democratic-Republicans.
See the video and the mockery of McCarthy below:
@waltshaub @atrupar I think this might be my favorite tweet of the day, thanks!— CurlGyrl10 💇🏾 (@CurlGyrl10 💇🏾) 1625622512.0
@atrupar Yes, Kevin, but all the racists left the party when they started supporting civil rights. This is more BS gaslighting.— Khashoggi’s Ghost (@Khashoggi’s Ghost) 1625624587.0
@adityasood @atrupar It's also weird that they keep insisting that it was the Republicans that freed the slaves but… https://t.co/CiniUvWs83— Carolina Adesso (@Carolina Adesso) 1625623481.0
@fmhueffer @atrupar Sometimes I wonder if he is perpetually acting in bad faith...or if he really is that dumb. I guess both.— Logan Fontaine (@Logan Fontaine) 1625622073.0
@atrupar If McCarthy was really serious about addressing racism, he’d stop gaslighting and mention that today’s Rep… https://t.co/OeuGSCNL5f— Liat 🌊🇬🇱🇺🇸 #democratsavage✊ (@Liat 🌊🇬🇱🇺🇸 #democratsavage✊) 1625621799.0
