if i departed the gop and ran as an independent. is he referring to the usa today poll, and i believe this is it, and there is a precedent for this. to you believe that he could make a run as the third party candidate? well, he is blackmailing the republican party, and threatening them, and yes, donald trump is very much like strom thurman and the dixiecrats and those are the kind of supporters and of course, that would elect hillary clinton if he did, that and the republicans are in a conundrum, but there is a bright and shining story in the last 24 hours, it is the gop and most of the other candidates and maybe ted cruz is in the middle, but all of them have denounced donald trump about this, and so it shows that the republican party as a whole has not been corrupted as a whole by trump s pure anti-muslim bigotry. and every american should condemn this, because today it is muslims and tomorrow, it could be you. thank you, gentlemen. and coming up, trump is surging
for some adults here in the congress to actually sit down and have a conversation about how to address this issue. i do not want this to become some political football. it should not. reporter: but it did. minority leader nancy pelosi accusing the gop of acting out of hate. wasn t bad enough for them. they needed something worse. they needed hatred in a bill as well. reporter: some fear there s a risk in the head long urge to ban offensive history. the soviets did it routinely with people who had fallen into disfavor by simply air brushing them out of photographs, usually after they d been assassinated. some members are congress are now working to remove the many statues of confederate soldiers placed here by confederate states when the so-called dixiecrats ruled the south. would you remove it statue? that is will rogers. he s oklahoma s favorite native son. he was also an unabashed admirer of the italian dictator ben knee
for some adults here in the congress to actually sit down and have a conversation about how to address this issue. i do not want this to become some political football. it should not. reporter: but it did. minority leader nancy pelosi accusing the gop of acting out of hate. wasn t bad enough for them. they needed something worse. they needed hatred in a bill as well. reporter: some fear there s a risk in the head long urge to ban offensive history. the soviets did it routinely with people who had fallen into disfavor by simply air brushing them out of photographs, usually after they d been assassinated. some members are congress are now working to remove the many statues of confederate soldiers placed here by confederate states when the so-called dixiecrats ruled the south. would you remove it statue? that is will rogers. he s oklahoma s favorite native son. he was also an unabashed admirer of the italian dictator ben knee
widely known to the country at large. johnson s aides say to him in this speech, don t fight for civil rights. that s a noble cause, but it s a lost cause. you know what johnson says to them? well, what the hell is the presidency for then? no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy s memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. johnson gets that civil rights bill moving in the first few weeks after kennedy s assassination. dixiecrats led by richard russell announced a filibuster. that is, they would continue to talk and prevent the bill from coming forward for a straight up or down vote. this bill which we feel is a perversion of the american way of life and a great blow at the right of dominion over private property that has been the genesis of our greatness.
the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. johnson gets that civil rights bill moving in the first few weeks after kennedy s assassination. dixiecrats led by richard russell announced a filibuster. that is, they would continue to talk and prevent the bill from coming forward for a straight up or down vote. this bill which we feel is a perversion of the american way of life and a great blow at the right of dominion over private property that has been the genesis of our greatness. lbj and his allies knew they were short. so thus began a 24/7 campaign. he bullied. he cajoled. he made deals in order to get enough senators on board. surprisingly, after a year on capitol hill, this bill is stronger than the one president kennedy first requested. president johnson should have the bill on his desk by the