Paradoxically, Chandler supported the segregationist Dixiecrats in the 1948 presidential elections. The fourth group consisted of traditionally segregationist white Southerners like George C. Wallace. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. Racially discriminative and segregationist principles were not novelties in South Africa. His praise of the segregationist campaign was perceived by critics to be racially insensitive. Stoner admired segregationist politician Theodore G. Bilbo. Meanwhile, Liberal Republicans in Congress proposed legislation that would outlaw segregationist practices. At this time, neither man knew of Carter's past as a Klansman and rabid segregationist. Democrat Strom Thurmond ran on the segregationist States' Rights ("Dixiecrat") ticket. General Walker was an outspoken anti-communist, segregationist, and member of the John Birch Society. George joined his mother in Alabama during the heyday of the segregationist governor, George Wallace. Kennedy had grown used to segregationist attacks against civil rights protesters. Johnson was known as a foe of the Democratic Party's segregationist policies. Wallace, formerly a notorious segregationist, renounced those views in 1979. Both campaigns delegated a large amount of resources to denounce Wallace as a "frustrated segregationist".