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PragerU Video: JFK: Democrat Or Republican?

Aaron Bandler

The Democrats hold John F. Kennedy in high esteem, but would Kennedy really be a Democrat in today’s political climate? Radio host Larry Elder argues in PragerU’s latest video that Kennedy would be a Republican today.

First, there is no way that Kennedy would have supported affirmative action, as he once expressed his disdain for racial quotas and preferences, stating: “We are too mixed, this society of ours, to begin to divide ourselves on the basis of race or color.” That view would have not been welcome in today’s Democrat Party given their embrace of identity politics.

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