Quote (Thor123422 @ Sep 7 2019 08:02pm)
"Switch" is clearly an over-simplification, but they have made significant changes to their platforms such that some things that Republicans were aligned with before are now part of the Democrat platform, and vice versa.
Still, it doesn't really matter, because "They did X 55+ years ago, so the current party is not racist" is a non-sequitur.
Democrats in 1850: enslaving blacks in the South
Democrats in 2019: enslaving blacks in terribly violent cities like Detroit and San Fran