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1 day ago · Senator Robert Byrd was a Kleagle, a Klan recruiter, in his 20s and 30s. Robert C. Byrd (D), the U.S. senator for West Virginia, a recruiter for the Klan while in his 20s and 30s, rising to the title of Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops of his local chapter. After leaving the group, Byrd spoke in favor of the Klan during his early political career.
Jul 23, 2024 · MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Sen. Robert Byrd's memoir reveals both his encyclopedic knowledge of political history and the unlikely inspiration that helped launch his own political career: A...
Aug 1, 2024 · They, after all, are the good kind of people organizing to elect a mixed-race child of immigrants as president, an event that would have made the younger Robert Byrd turn red with rage. But...
Jul 24, 2024 · Frank L Silva, also known as Frank DeSilva, a former senior member of the Ku Klux Klan and a convicted terrorist, has reportedly been meeting remotely with Irish far-right extremist groups to discuss and plan anti-immigration protests in Ireland.
Aug 2, 2024 · His death removes a Greatest Generation legislator — and also a former Ku Klux Klan member — from the Senate. The loss will be trifold one: a historical one (Byrd’s term was historical...
Jul 21, 2024 · Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) died early this morning at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va. Upon arriving in Hell, he was immediately appointed KKK Grand Dragon. Byrd was greeted at the gates of Hell by long-time friend Ted Kennedy, who made an unsuccessful bid for president of Hell last year shortly after his own arrival. “Having … ah …
Jul 27, 2024 · Actually, Byrd had renounced the KKK long before the picture was taken. Whoever created the meme probably knew that, but expected those circulating it not to. In his memoirs he recalled his Klan membership as the most embarrassing and damaging thing he had
