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Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @NPR: In 1975, Joe Biden told NPR he would back a constitutional amendment to ban mandated busing. Listen šā¬ļø https://t.co/DPYi9PZFwK — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
78 percent of whites opposed busing while 60 percent of African Americans favored busing in a 1981 Gallup poll. https://t.co/g94FDcGBVy — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @esglaude: That requires honestly confronting how and why white communities throughout the country refused to desegregate schools. — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @People4Bernie: "Yesterday, I learned that Bernie and I arenāt just two Jewish Vermonters, we are two Jewish Vermonters against the Occuā¦ — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @RevDrBarber: This debate around busing is proceeding w/ so much mythology. First, busing had to happen b/c states & communities wouldnā¦ — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @RevDrBarber: Community schools alone donāt work in America because many communities are still segregated based on race and income. — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @AlxThomp: NEW: I sat down w/ Jesse Jackson yesterday to chat 2020 and the changing Dem party. He expanded on his critiques of Biden's bā¦ — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @AlxThomp: Jackson is a fascinating figure in this moment. In the 80's, he ran on a campaign of single payer, ERA, reparations, and remeā¦ — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
@JoeNBC Check out this thread for numerous statements from civil rights organizations and leaders criticizing Joe Bidenās approach to busing and school desegregation. https://t.co/hA4BL4MXLn — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
I went through the @nytimes archives from the 1970s and found direct criticism of Joe Bidenās approach to busing anā¦ https://t.co/q7JeCR3GzH
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
Get @nhannahjones on TV this week please. — PolitiTweet.org
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones
Feel free to book me on your show if you want to have a real, fact-based discussion on opposition to busing. I meanā¦ https://t.co/080mJNgCTM
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
yo brooklyn https://t.co/0W6TvpcpQt — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
The National Urban League and Urban Coalition said in 1976 that Democrats were not fighting hard enough on civil rights and busing. āThe politicians have evaded and skirted the issues and nobody is putting them on the spot...too many of them are afraid of quotas and busing." https://t.co/pCvhHvIkWa — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
"...Hubert Humphrey...offered an amendment to nullify the Biden amendment. But antibusing Senators led by Jesse A. Helms, Republican of North Carolina, have fought to retain the original Biden restrictions." https://t.co/GBOog0zsYK — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
This article also includes conservatives passing a bill to prohibit the use of "any vehicle using gasoline" to bus children beyond schools "nearest their homes" -- done in the name of "energy conservation." GTFO. https://t.co/R6UNJrxWKk — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
"Civil rights lobbyists began an immediate campaign to overturn the Biden amendment." [@NYTimes, 09/24/1975] https://t.co/aVswgjaNhV — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
In 1975, during the busing debate, NYTimes covered a roundtable on the issue with Biden in the audience. The ACLU's top lawyer defended busing with what @nhannahjones has been saying: "White folks ain't going to put their money where their children ain't. It's just that simple." https://t.co/f4XAZk5K9G — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
In 1980, "a coalition of civil rights groups challenged the constitutionality" of Joe Biden's anti-busing amendments. https://t.co/xZ4DcVUZo6 — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
Here's the NAACP's general counsel, Nathaniel Jones, in 1977 explicitly naming Joe Biden as an obstacle to busing and school desegregation, "The torrent of anti-busing amendments cropping up in Congress, especially by some senators we used to think were our friends. https://t.co/yTeDAjJa3E — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
In 1980, "a coalition of civil rights groups challenged the constitutionality" of Joe Biden's anti-busing amendments. https://t.co/qQFeLTXKc4 — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
In 1975, during the busing debate, NYTimes covered a roundtable on the issue with Biden in the audience. The ACLU's top lawyer defended busing with what @nhannahjones has been saying: "White folks ain't going to put their money where their children ain't. It's just that simple." https://t.co/Q8I0ShyAvg — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
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Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
In 1980, the Senate took a vote "Prohibiting the DOJ From Promoting Forced Busing as a Remedy to School Desegregation." Joe Biden joined Strom Thurmond, Barry Goldwater, Jesse Helms, and Talmadge in voting "Yes." Ted Kennedy, Jim McGovern, and Carl Levin voted "No." https://t.co/RE26Zc1DOp — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
"...Hubert Humphrey...offered an amendment to nullify the Biden amendment. But antibusing Senators led by Jesse A. Helms, Republican of North Carolina, have fought to retain the original Biden restrictions." https://t.co/i9rdgrHmyS — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
This article also includes conservatives passing a bill to prohibit the use of "any vehicle using gasoline" to bus children beyond schools "nearest their homes" -- done in the name of "energy conservation." GTFO. https://t.co/VC5TlLXPOj — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
"Civil rights lobbyists began an immediate campaign to overturn the Biden amendment." [@NYTimes, 09/24/1975] https://t.co/oNVvD6ch2Y — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @cjane87: Had the Loving decision not been made in 1967 I am positive several states would still have laws on the books against interracā¦ — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @GaryGrumbach: At second ice cream social of the day, Sen. @BernieSanders references Donald Trump Jr.ās tweet on Kamala Harris: āWhat Trā¦ — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
The Democratic Partyās capitulation on busing and school desegregation in the 1970s was part of a larger trend of moving toward the right on both economic and racial/cultural issues. — PolitiTweet.org
Dave Weigel @daveweigel
Remembering today how George Wallaceās first 1968 ad started with his opposition to busing https://t.co/b615NhNTfl
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
RT @daveweigel: Remembering today how George Wallaceās first 1968 ad started with his opposition to busing https://t.co/b615NhNTfl — PolitiTweet.org
Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid
real wages for the bottom 50% of Americans declined over past 40 years real wages for the bottom 50% of Americans declined over past 40 years real wages for the bottom 50% of Americans declined over past 40 years real wages for the bottom 50% of Americans declined over past 40 https://t.co/186eLdWttn — PolitiTweet.org
