Bilbo was an equal-opportunity hater

By | Posted May 22nd, 2022 |

Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, a Democrat from Mississippi, would most likely have given a thumbs up to the 18-year-old who gunned down 10 black shoppers in a Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store this past weekend.

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