Everyone keeps saying “this is the first time a Democrat has won a senate race in Alabama since 19–”
And I’m like
No.
No you don’t understand.
The last Democrat to win a Senate race in Alabama was Richard Shelby.
The other current Senator for Alabama.
Who is now a Republican.
Because the Dixiecrats jumped parties from the Democrats to the Republicans.
This is the first time the White Supremacist Southern Establishment Dixiecrat lost in Alabama since fucking Reconstruction.
Doug Jones is not a Conservative Democrat like John Bel Edwards or Joe Manchin.
Doug Jones is a bog-standard mainstream liberal Democrat.
Doug Jones is pro-choice and pro-LGBT rights.
Doug Jones personally destroyed the Alabama KKK.
Doug Jones is the Senator-Elect from the State of Alabama.