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<blockquote data-quote="Colter" data-source="post: 73640092" data-attributes="member: 90929"><p>Anyone remember that former (D) Senator Robert Bird was the founder of the WV KKK? He remained in the Senate until 2010</p><p></p><p>Wiki:</p><p></p><p></p><p>In the early 1940s, Byrd recruited 150 of his friends and associates to create a new chapter of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" target="_blank">Ku Klux Klan</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia,_West_Virginia" target="_blank">Sophia, West Virginia</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-nyt1-10" target="_blank">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-WP061905-11" target="_blank">[11]</a></p><p></p><p>According to Byrd, a Klan official told him, "You have a talent for leadership, Bob ... The country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation." Byrd later recalled, "Suddenly lights flashed in my mind! Someone important had recognized my abilities! I was only 23 or 24 years old, and the thought of a political career had never really hit me. But strike me that night, it did."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[17]</a> Byrd became a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleagle" target="_blank">recruiter</a> and leader of his chapter.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-WP061905-11" target="_blank">[11]</a> When it came time to elect the top officer (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exalted_Cyclops" target="_blank">Exalted Cyclops</a>) in the local Klan unit, Byrd won unanimously.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-WP061905-11" target="_blank">[11]</a></p><p></p><p>In December 1944, Byrd wrote to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation" target="_blank">segregationist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" target="_blank">Mississippi</a> Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_G._Bilbo" target="_blank">Theodore G. Bilbo</a>:</p><p></p><p>I shall never fight in the armed forces with a negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Glory" target="_blank">Old Glory</a> trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.</p><p></p><p>— Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Colter, post: 73640092, member: 90929"] Anyone remember that former (D) Senator Robert Bird was the founder of the WV KKK? He remained in the Senate until 2010 Wiki: In the early 1940s, Byrd recruited 150 of his friends and associates to create a new chapter of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan']Ku Klux Klan[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia,_West_Virginia']Sophia, West Virginia[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-nyt1-10'][10][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-WP061905-11'][11][/URL] According to Byrd, a Klan official told him, "You have a talent for leadership, Bob ... The country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation." Byrd later recalled, "Suddenly lights flashed in my mind! Someone important had recognized my abilities! I was only 23 or 24 years old, and the thought of a political career had never really hit me. But strike me that night, it did."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-17'][17][/URL] Byrd became a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleagle']recruiter[/URL] and leader of his chapter.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-WP061905-11'][11][/URL] When it came time to elect the top officer ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exalted_Cyclops']Exalted Cyclops[/URL]) in the local Klan unit, Byrd won unanimously.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#cite_note-WP061905-11'][11][/URL] In December 1944, Byrd wrote to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation']segregationist[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi']Mississippi[/URL] Senator [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_G._Bilbo']Theodore G. Bilbo[/URL]: I shall never fight in the armed forces with a negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Glory']Old Glory[/URL] trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds. — Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944 [/QUOTE]
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