Yesterday, Kanye West was sharing texts he had received from various people giving him information on the history of the Republican party. From Thomas Sowell to John Legend, he was sharing some hefty texts … and in the case of Legend, some hefty lies.
Luckily for Legend, a 15-year-old black activist by the name of CJ Pearson was front and center to set him and others straight.
Hi @johnlegend and @cthagod – let me take a moment to share some facts with you.
The Democratic Party is the party of slavery. It is the party of Jim Crow. It is the party of segregation. Those are undeniable, verifiable facts.
Stop misleading Americans. https://t.co/MMfJnQvreK
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) April 30, 2018
Awww youth.
Seems Legend wasn’t exactly thrilled with CJ’s history lesson, unfortunately.
True! And then all the segregationists and their ideological descendants eventually became Republicans! The solid south of the Democratic party became the solid south of the Republicans. White southern vote is almost exclusively GOP. Facts bruh.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) April 30, 2018
Huh?
If those are Legend’s facts, bruh, he needs to go back to school.
Bruh.
There was never a “switch” in the parties. That’s a fallacy. Without GOP support, the 1964 Civil Right’s Act would have never passed.
61% of Democrats supported the 1964 CRA in the House while 80% of the Republicans did. 82% of Republicans supported it in the Senate.
Facts. https://t.co/xpFtTUnPK2
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) April 30, 2018
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Facts are always inconvenient for people pushing a revisionist history.
Like John Legend.
"bruh".
You really need to read well-sourced history, as opposed to this dribble, bruh.
— Flight93_Militia (@SCOAMT) April 30, 2018
Clinton carried the south in the 90’s … but yeah, ‘magical shift.’
https://twitter.com/K_Dellz/status/991071547363295233
https://twitter.com/K_Dellz/status/991072346038521856
Ooh ooh, we know.
And plenty of people were more than willing to help educate Legend.
John, I think you’ll find this video very educational. It’s only a few minutes and is by someone who knows what she’s talking about. Don’t believe what you’ve been told without learning the facts for yourself! Free your mind, like @kanyewest said! https://t.co/RWBkfaLgAZ
— Candace ?☕️ (@BookAddict10) May 1, 2018
This is sad. Poor John Legend skipped history class. The REPUBLICANS passed the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments and freed the slaves. Do you read? Or just pass around hate? Enjoy the Democrat Plantation. How has it worked out so far? Like, in Detroit?
— Hollywood Resistance ?????? (@BettinaVLA) April 30, 2018
This is sad. Poor John Legend skipped history class. The REPUBLICANS passed the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments and freed the slaves. Do you read? Or just pass around hate? Enjoy the Democrat Plantation. How has it worked out so far? Like, in Detroit?
— Hollywood Resistance ?????? (@BettinaVLA) April 30, 2018
This is actually very sad.
And all too typical.
Let’s hope Legend learned something.
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