In the late 1860s, it was entered into the congressional record that the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) was founded to serve as “the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party.” Their purpose was to kill Republicans, to drive Republicans from the South, and to prevent blacks from voting or serving as elected officials. They killed a lot of people.
After many decades, the Democrats and the KKK became less and less associated together, but that does not mean that the ...
