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CousinIT

(9,245 posts)
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:09 AM Aug 2017

WHY Charlottesville Happened: VA KKK Leader Endorses Trump: "What He Believes In, We Believe In"

THIS IS FROM APRIL 30TH 2016:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/richmond-kkk-leader-endorses-donald-trump

In a sit-down interview with a Richmond news station, the Imperial Wizard of the Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan said Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is his candidate for President.

The KKK leader, identified by WWBT only as “Imperial Wizard,” also insisted his organization is not a hate group, telling the station’s black anchor, “We don’t hate anyone.”

Asked who he was supporting in the 2016 race, the wizard replied: “I think Donald Trump would be best for the job.”

“The reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump is because a lot of what he believes in, we believe in. We want our country to be safe,” he said.

The leader went on to say if Trump were to drop out, he would back Ohio Gov. John Kasich before Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), saying Cruz “is not an American citizen” because he was born in Canada.


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WHY Charlottesville Happened: VA KKK Leader Endorses Trump: "What He Believes In, We Believe In" (Original Post) CousinIT Aug 2017 OP
quite interesting that Kasich is his #2 rurallib Aug 2017 #1
Oh, the "why" goes a lot deeper than that, culminating in the fact that this country refuses to WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 #2
Agree. Saw this floating around too: CousinIT Aug 2017 #3
K&R ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #4
The KKK featured Mango Mussolini on the cover of their newspaper.. Permanut Aug 2017 #5

rurallib

(62,415 posts)
1. quite interesting that Kasich is his #2
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:23 AM
Aug 2017

while it feels like the MSM promotes him as the "sane" republican.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,345 posts)
2. Oh, the "why" goes a lot deeper than that, culminating in the fact that this country refuses to
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:27 AM
Aug 2017

acknowledge its white supremacist history and thinks that if it does, everyone will be starting from the same baseline instead of trying to overcome generations of institutional racism and oppression.

Permanut

(5,608 posts)
5. The KKK featured Mango Mussolini on the cover of their newspaper..
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:36 PM
Aug 2017

This was in November 2016 - complete with a picture of hair furor.

[link:http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/kkk-official-newspaper-support-donald-trump/|

From Wikipedia:

Thomas Robb[1] (born 1946) is the national director of The Knights Party also known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,[2] and a pastor at the Christian Revival Center. He also publishes The Crusader, a quarterly newspaper based in Harrison, Arkansas and considered as an organ of the Knights Party and runs radio and TV programs through KKKradio.com and WhitePrideTV.com.[3]

According to Robb, "America was founded as a White Christian Republic. And as a White Christian Republic it became great.”

The favorable coverage (they very carefully avoided calling it an "endorsement&quot sounded the alarm loud and clear about events to come in Charlottesville and elsewhere. The subject of Robb being a pastor at a "Christian Revival Center" tells me a lot about the "Christians" who support the Velveeta turd in the White House.




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