You can defend that lying, Marxist Racist all you want he is still the first overtly racist president we have ever had. The ones you cite were living in a totally different era. Done discussing with someone stuck on semantics.
It's not a question of defending him. It's about the facts.
"This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government for white men." -- Andrew Johnson
"Segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen." -- Woodrow Wilson
The ones you cite were living in a totally different era.
That's what history is. It's about people living in different eras. Don't talk about them unless you've done the homework.
Done discussing with someone stuck on semantics.
Fine by me.