Louie 'Asparagus Gots The Covid' Gohmert introduced a resolution to ban the Democratic party because, "It's the party associated with slavery!" Personally I would have made a counter proposal to ban Christianity because it's the religion that's associated with slavery.
The argument about Democrats and slavery is quite odd. The Republican Party is not exempt - maybe it should be banned.
Abraham Lincoln: "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."
After the Civil War the Democratic party was the party of segregation in the south. It was the party in the south until LBJ signed civil rights legislation. Then, those Democrats became Republicans. Why did Strom Thurmond change his party affiliation in September 1964?