You don't have to look for hidden meanings. All you have to do is compare what he said to the Dixiecrat platform. This is almost as bad as Clinton's 'is is' comments.
Wrong. Trent Lott was 6 or 7 years old in 1948. He was trying to make an old man happy on his 100th birthday. I doubt the dixiecrats even crossed his mind while he was paying homage to Strom. Nice try at demonizing, but I don't buy it.
I checked out the Dixiecrat platform. Section 3 seems to be a rejection of Truman's demand that "subversives" in the Army be identified and put on a "list".
He issued that order in 1947.
In retrospect over 54 years it makes the Dixiecrats look like they were in league with the Commies, doesn't it?
At the same time, when comparing those party platforms, we should never forget that the Democrats ended up nominating an active, practicing racist who had actually taken actions that resulted in the deaths of millions of people who were of a race he simply didn't approve of.
So, whose hands are clean in this?