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Originally Posted by Drak
David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, announced a campaign on Friday to seek a United States Senate seat in Louisiana, where he will try to capitalize on a history of inflammatory speech and on the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump.
Mr. Duke, who is running as a Republican, served as a Louisiana state representative and has run unsuccessfully for the State Senate, governor of Louisiana, Congress and president. He joined a sprawling field for the Senate seat being vacated by David Vitter, a Republican, intensifying what was already poised to be a raucous race.
“I believe in equal rights for all and respect for all Americans,” Mr. Duke said in a campaign video. “However, what makes me different is I also demand respect for the rights and the heritage of European Americans.”
Mr. Duke also said that “European Americans need at least one man in the United States Senate — one man in the Congress — who will defend their rights and heritage.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us...cle-click&_r=0 |
Doesn't this all illustrate how goofy our discussion of this issue has been?
I mean, "European American" isn't a race either, any more than "Mexican" or "Muslim." So by that logic, I guess Duke is not really a "racist."
And whether or not Trump agrees with Duke--Duke clearly thinks he has found an ideological fellow traveler in Trump. The evidence suggests he is right about that.