All you need to remember is the history of Reconstruction was the impetus of the growth of the Southern Democratic Party.
Schumer needs to drop his continual" release the strategic reserve" meme and sponsor development of new refining capacity.
Even before. The Democrats were the party of Slavery all thur out the Antebellum period. Interesting that African American radicals want to condemn the whole USA because the "Founding Fathers" were slave owners yet turn right around and work for the Democrats. The Party of Slavery and Segregation