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Part Two: The Grifters Who Resurrected the KKK

Behind the Bastards

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Is This What Trump Models His Tweets After?

The original Ku Klux were not outlaws all caps or moral degenerates, nor did they perpetuate outlory. This is the Klan and they're terrible, but I really like it. The second KKK's rise was directly inspired by the release of a movie, Birth of a Nation in 1915. Woodrow Wilson loved it, saying, quote, it is like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true. If you're getting this guy's opinion on it, maybe America's worst present.

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