Which means nothing. Republicans on the 19th century were like Progressives today. The parties have switched, and now merged.
Bull crap and a liberal myth....the vast majority of the Dixiecrats returned to the Democrat party..the parties never “switched places” that is a Democrat talking point to try and crabwalk away from being the Party of Slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation.
As evidenced by the death in office of KKK cyclops Robert Byrd...Democrat.
Nice try though.