President Biden said Wednesday that Republicans in Congress are "worse" than prominent Senate segregationists including Strom Thurmond. Why it matters: The comments mark an escalation in Biden's ...

“I’ve been a senator since ’72. I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served with Strom Thurmond,” Biden said, referencing the South Carolina Republican senator who died in 2003.

Fritz Hollings and Republican colleague Strom Thurmond. Biden gave eulogies at funerals of both men. As president, Biden counts another South Carolinian, longtime Democratic U.S. Rep.

In 2003 in Columbia, Biden delivered the eulogy at the First Baptist Church funeral of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., his friend and chairman on the Senate Judiciary Committee. “ ...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has issued a public statement ... for Civil Rights Craig Trainor rolled back Biden administration rules that extended Title IX protections ...