named sonny montgomery, as a colonel in the mississippi national guard it was sonny montgomery who led the arrest of john lewis and the other freedom riders in mississippi bus stations in 1961 when they were trying to desegregate public transportation in the south. sonny montgomery. it was also otto pressman, another dixiecrat from louisiana, he issued this in a written statement, he said, quote, i contend that richard m. nixon is the greatest president this country ever had, rather than take any chance of doing anything offensive to this great man, i decided to vote no. move over, lincoln. move over, george washington. again, that guy s vote was that there should be no congressional record of the impeachment of richard nixon. at this point nixon had already resigned his office and was no longer president. i want no record of this.
voted against accepting into the congressional record the watergate report? well, of the three of them two of them were dixiecrats, segregationist, southern white democrats. one of them was named sonny montgomery. fun fact again about sonny montgomery as a colonel in the mississippi national guard it was sonny montgomery who personally led the arrests of john lewis and other freedom riders in mississippi bus stations in 1961 when they re trying to desegregate public transportation in the south. and also he said at the time actually issued this in a written statement. he said, quote, i contend that richard m. nixon is the greatest president this country ever had. rather than take any chance of doing anything offensive to this great man i decided to vote no. move over lincoln. move over george washington. again, that guy s vote was that