Posted On: 02/29/2016 8:36:20 PM
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That is the unfortunate hypocrisy that we have to deal with;
Let’s look at Byrd first. In retrospect, it’s rather remarkable that he rose — twice — to be Senate majority leader with such a past. He not only led a KKK chapter, but he organized it and recruited 150 friends to join it. He was unanimously elected an “Exalted Cyclops.” In fact, the effort launched his entrée into politics, as an impressed Klan official told him “the country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation.”
ref: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-chec...embership/
You can not drive through west Virginia without seeing his name on something.
Let’s look at Byrd first. In retrospect, it’s rather remarkable that he rose — twice — to be Senate majority leader with such a past. He not only led a KKK chapter, but he organized it and recruited 150 friends to join it. He was unanimously elected an “Exalted Cyclops.” In fact, the effort launched his entrée into politics, as an impressed Klan official told him “the country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation.”
ref: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-chec...embership/
You can not drive through west Virginia without seeing his name on something.
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