David Duke | 1. White Knight
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Duke vs Treen - I'm a Legitimate Republican
David duke positioned himself as the ultimate outsider, someone who understood what it felt like to be put upon and forgotten. Sheriff harry lee had a special connection with his white constituents - he'd built despite not being white himself. So it's possible that lee could have tilted the election if he'd told jefferson parish voters the duke was beyond the pale. Instead, lee sat the race out. He didn't campaign for the bigot or the assel. The louisiana republican party backed john treen, too. Duke described these endorsements as outside interference. This is, it's not heavy handed its anethical i'm justs as much a legitimate republican as
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