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> The Republican party passed the Civil Rights Act

Way more Democrats in both houses of Congress voted for it than Republicans (to be fair the Democrats held the Senate 67-33). A Democratic president signed it. His Democratic predecessor asked for it. How do you figure "the Republicans did it"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#By_pa...