The plate shows Byrd at a desk writing, with Southern Dixiecrat books and a Democrat pin.
Byrd writing at a desk.
SteelMan: The letter is documented.
Cut: The cartoon is illustrative. No original letter was opened.
Race US Democrats
The plate quotes Byrd's letter refusing to fight with a Negro by his side and calling race mongrels a throwback.
Documentary quote card.
SteelMan: Multiple secondary sources print this wording from the 1944/1945 letter to Bilbo.
Cut: The original letter was not opened. Date is approximate.
The plate shows Byrd in a white robe with a Democrat pin in a West Virginia setting.
Cartoon of Byrd in robe.
SteelMan: Byrd was elected Exalted Cyclops of a local chapter.
Cut: No contemporary photo of him in the robe was opened. The image is illustrative.
The plate quotes Byrd writing that the Klan is needed today as never before and he is anxious for its rebirth in West Virginia and every state.
Documentary quote card.
SteelMan: Multiple secondary sources print this wording from the 1946 letter to Green.
Cut: The original letter was not opened.
The plate shows a plantation-style cartoon with the caption.
Cartoon scene.
SteelMan: A voice can be principled.
Cut: The visual is the plate's claim.
The plate shows LBJ with the Civil Rights Act of July 2, 1964.
LBJ and the Act.
SteelMan: LBJ signed the 1964 Act.
Cut: Hero is the plate's word. No speech was opened.
The plate shows Biden with Thurmond, Eastland, and Byrd, quoting the racial jungle line.
Four senator cards.
SteelMan: Biden used the phrase in the 1970s.
Cut: The plate groups them. No hearing transcript was opened.
The plate quotes Biden on Obama.
Quote card.
SteelMan: Biden said this in 2007 to the New York Observer.
Cut: The full context was not opened.
The plate shows Clinton with the basket of deplorables quote.
Clinton and basket.
SteelMan: Clinton used the phrase in 2016.
Cut: The plate is the quote.
The plate shows a Ukraine-related boast.
Boasting figure.
SteelMan: A boast can be public.
Cut: Résumé is the plate's word.
The plate shows a hand and third term by proxy.
Puppet card.
SteelMan: A proxy is a claim about agency.
Cut: Invisible hand is the caption.
The plate lists Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Lori Lightfoot under black women only.
Shortlist card.
SteelMan: A shortlist can be narrowed by criterion.
Cut: Only is the plate's word.
The plate shows Democrats and progressive left cooperate or resist, with Obama.
Cooperate/resist cards.
SteelMan: Cooperation and resistance are choices.
Cut: The locals did is the caption.
The plate shows new Biden and old Biden.
Two reels.
SteelMan: A record has earlier and later statements.
Cut: Both reels is the caption.
The plate shows official portraits with identity first.
Portrait cards.
SteelMan: Identity can be foregrounded.
Cut: Halo is the plate's word.
The plate shows Ilhan Omar, AOC, and Ayanna Pressley as voice casting.
Three figures.
SteelMan: Casting is a selection.
Cut: Director is the plate's word.
The plate shows radical Islam and deep state.
Two labels.
SteelMan: Labels are claims.
Cut: The plate does not define them.
The plate shows wards of the state and a Sowell quote that a cure that fires the doctor will never be declared a cure.
Wards card.
SteelMan: Dependency is a policy outcome.
Cut: The quote is attributed. No Sowell source was opened.
The plate shows an avatar every four years.
Avatar card.
SteelMan: Turnout can be seasonal.
Cut: Spirit is dead is the caption.