Biden Falsely Claims to Have Convinced Strom Thurmond to Vote for the Civil Rights Act

Posted on August 29, 2023

President Joe Biden made a false claim on Monday when he said that he “literally” convinced former Dixiecrat Sen. Strom Thurmond (SC) to vote for the Civil Rights Act.

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