Party shift. Which party did Strom Thurmond, the infamous segregationist, switch to in 1964? He stopped being a democrat and became a republican. And South Carolina kept him as their senator until 2003 when he was 100. There’s also one party that’s trying to teach in schools that slavery wasn’t that bad. And one party that idolizes confederate leaders and opposes the removal of their monuments. It ain’t the dems.