Trump VP Contender Suggests Jim Crow Era Was Better For Black Families Than Now

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative -- Black people have always been conservative-minded -- but more Black people voted conservatively," he said.
59% : And, of course, there is the not-insignificant fact that during the Jim Crow era, progress made during Reconstruction was rolled back, voting rights for Blacks were suppressed (both through racist laws and threats and violence imposed by groups like the Ku Klux Klan), and segregation was widespread, with Blacks being relegated to far inferior schools and other community facilities.
57% : The so-called Great Society programs, spearheaded by former President Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s, included civil rights legislation, the creation of Medicaid for low-income Americans, and the expansion of federal food stamp, welfare, and housing programs.
52% : "You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together.
34% : "And then H.E.W., Lyndon Johnson -- you go down that road, and now we are where we are," he added, referring to the former U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

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