Mr. President,. . . my voice will be the same as it has been. Patronage will not change it. Fear will not change it. Persecution will not change it. It cannot be changed while people suffer. The only way it can be changed is to make the lives of these people decent and respectable. No one will ever hear political opposition out of me when that is done.
—Huey Long, U.S. Senate floor speech, 1935
Although President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were mostly popular with Americans, not all people were happy with his leadership during the Great Depression. Based on the excerpt, Senator Huey Long was sometimes critical of Franklin Roosevelt and believed his administration
A.
should provide most of its support to minorities.
B.
did not force companies to provide enough benefits.
C.
improved living conditions for the working class.
D.
did not do enough to help people living in poverty.