Lyndon B. Johnson reportedly said several racist things while serving as president. The Huffington Post stated that he said that the first and second iterations of the Civil Rights Act were shams and a farce. According to the article, LBJ went so far one occasion as to praise his vote against the so-called anti-lynching bill,” in a contemptuous reference to President Harry Truman’s proposed Civil Rights Act.
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