By Leslie D. Gregory and Tom H. Hastings
George Wallace ran for president in 1968 and garnered a great deal of support from white working class voters, though by then he had learned to use code words and phrases to substitute for overtly racist language — hence his focus on “welfare” and “crime,” “drugs,” “thugs,” and “law and order.”
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