'Honorary' KKK member could be Gov. nominee

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https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-gop-candidate-for-governor-is-only-honorary-kkk-member-42007057

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‘ A man with a history of "honorary" membership in the Klu Klux Klan not only managed to make it on the unofficial ballot to be the Republican nominee for Missouri governor, but may even appear atop the official ballot when GOP voters vote in the primary this August.

Those revelations came to light last night when former Missouri Representative Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) tweeted out a screenshot showing the unofficial candidate filing list for governor posted to the Secretary of State's website. On it, Darrell Leon McClanahan III's name sits atop more well-known GOP contenders like Mike Kehoe and Jay Ashcroft.’

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But that’s not all.

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‘ A 2022 article on the Anti-Defamation League's website shows McClanahan next to a man in white robes as both men give what appear to be Nazi salutes in front of a burning cross some time around 2019.

The ADL article claims that the organization's Center on Extremism has been tracking McClanahan for years, as he has affiliated with various white supremacist and Christian identity groups.’

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What. Is. Going. On. In. This. Country.

Who remembers when something like this would be a non-starter? That nobody like this would be a serious candidate for dog catcher, let alone something like governor?

And people say the Democratic Party is the party of the KKK? The Democratic Party of the 19th Century isn’t the party of today, and it’s Republicans doing stuff like this.

I thought Republicans went bonkers during President Obama’s first term. Those people seem saner in hindsight now.