Did you know that in 1866 the large Republican majorities made Congressional Democrats helpless, though they unanimously opposed the Republicans’ Reconstruction policies. History is beginning to repeat itself.

History is beginning to repeat itself.
In the 1866 elections, the Republicans won two-thirds majorities in Congress and took control of national affairs. The large Republican majorities made Congressional Democrats helpless, though they unanimously opposed the Republicans’ Reconstruction policies. Realizing that the old issues were holding it back, the Democrats tried a “New Departure” that downplayed the War and stressed such issues as corruption and white supremacy.

The first Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 by confederate veterans in Tennessee; it became associated with insurgent violence against freedmen and their allies that included lynchings but more often consisted of direct, isolated attacks by secret groups against individuals. The first severe period of violence in the South was between 1868 and 1871. White Democrats attacked black and white Republicans.

To prevent ratification of new constitutions formed during Reconstruction, the opposition used various means to harass potential voters. Failed attacks led to a massacre during the 1868 elections, with the insurgents’ murders of about 1,300 voters across various southern states ranging from South Carolina to Arkansas.
We have to stop the Democrats from repeating history.

http://history.house.gov/Congressional-Overview/Profiles/39th/