𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓 𝐉𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐍𝐍: 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒, 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐒

“𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 — 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺. 

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘱.” - M.A. Rothman
The historical record Jennings is naming:

• — The 𝐊𝐊𝐊 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 from Reconstruction through the 1960s.
• — 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 was passed by Democratic state legislatures.
• — The 1964 Civil Rights Act passed with 𝟖𝟎% 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 in the House and 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦.
• — The Voting Rights Act of 1965 cleared the Senate with 30 of 32 Republicans voting yes; 21 Democrats voted no.

The modern Democratic talking point inverts the historical record...