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Jun 28, 2010 · This morning the President issued the following statement on the passing of Senator Robert Byrd: I was saddened to hear this morning that the people of West Virginia have lost a true champion, the United States Senate has lost a venerable institution, and America has lost a voice of principle and reason with the passing of Robert C. Byrd.
Jun 28, 2010 · Updated 2:37 p.m. ET. Robert Byrd, who rose from an impoverished childhood to become the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history, died Monday at the age of 92. Byrd, a Democrat, held his seat for ...
Oct 1, 2020 · "In case you forgot, Joe Biden gave the eulogy at Robert Byrd's funeral. He was a klansman recruiter who filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights act for 14 hours," Ryan Fournier, co-chair of Students ...
Jun 17, 2020 · Senator Byrd was the Grand Wizard-of the KKK.” Reuters Fact Check previously debunked a similar claim saying Byrd was Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in a photo with Joe Biden, visible here .
Jun 19, 2020 · Byrd Center Director Ray Smock with Senator Robert C. Byrd at the center in 2005. Today the streets of cities and towns all across America and in many cities of Europe are filled with people of all ages and colors demonstrating against police brutality against African Americans and calling for a broad range of changes leading to social justice ...
The renamed Robert Byrd was a bright student, who finished top of his class at high school. But his adopted family, poor at the best of times, had no money to send their son to college in the ...
Jun 30, 2010 · Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died Monday at 92. While he was most famous as a master of the Senate’s obscure rules, Byrd wore many hats during his lifetime ...
