The KKK did not choose to support Donald Trump because he was a Republican—but because they agreed with the ideas that he and other far-right politicians spout.

In the end, the KKK did not choose to support Donald Trump because he was a Republican but because they agreed with the ideas that he (and other far-right Republicans) spout. It is finally time to face the rise in the twenty-first century of a new form of white nationalism and its alignment with many leaders of the Republican Party, including Trump.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It was actually that assassination that let Johnson push through the Civil Rights act of 1964. “Fulfilling Kennedy’s dream” justified a lot of shit in the 60s, from civil rights to moon missions.

    And Johnson did it begrudgingly because he was a racist piece of shit. Carter was the first Democratic president who actually cared.