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The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ('''KKK''') is the traditional militant terrorist wing of the [[Democratic party|Democrat Party]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Whites_Blacks_and_Racist_Democrats.html?id=qbkBRQAACAAJ Whites, Blacks and Racist Democrats: The Untold Story of Race & Politics Within the Democratic Party from 1792-2009], Wayne Perryman, Book Publishers Network, 2010.</ref>  It was founded in 1866, became known as the "invisible empire of the South" in which members represented themselves as ghosts of the Confederate dead returning to terrorize African Americans and Republicans.<ref>https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/ku-klux-klan-threat-1868</ref>  In 2014 the Klan recognized [[diversity]] and opened its doors to [[Jew]]s, [[homosexual]]s, [[black]]s and people of [[Hispanic]] origin.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2828425/The-Ku-Klux-Klan-opens-door-Jews-black-people-homosexuals-new-recruits-wear-white-robes-hats.html</ref>   

The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ('''KKK''') is the traditional militant terrorist wing of the [[Democratic party|Democrat Party]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Whites_Blacks_and_Racist_Democrats.html?id=qbkBRQAACAAJ Whites, Blacks and Racist Democrats: The Untold Story of Race & Politics Within the Democratic Party from 1792-2009], Wayne Perryman, Book Publishers Network, 2010.</ref>  It was founded in 1866, became known as the "invisible empire of the South" in which members represented themselves as ghosts of the Confederate dead returning to terrorize African Americans and Republicans.<ref>https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/ku-klux-klan-threat-1868</ref>  In 2014 the Klan recognized [[diversity]] and opened its doors to [[Jew]]s, [[homosexual]]s, [[black]]s and people of [[Hispanic]] origin.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2828425/The-Ku-Klux-Klan-opens-door-Jews-black-people-homosexuals-new-recruits-wear-white-robes-hats.html</ref>   

The rise of the Ku Klux Klan was the beginning of a long history of [[Democrat election fraud]] that continues to this very day.

Violent [[leftist]]s, who founded the Klan and have been loyal [[Democrat]]s since its original inception, are now appealing to groups they had previously persecuted.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2828425/The-Ku-Klux-Klan-opens-door-Jews-black-people-homosexuals-new-recruits-wear-white-robes-hats.html</ref>  The rise of the Ku Klux Klan was the beginning of a long history of [[Democrat election fraud]] that continued into the modern era.

 

The Klan had three incarnations in the USA.  Several prominent Democrats were members of the KKK including Democrat [[Robert Byrd]], who was a U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] for more than 50 years and who had led his local KKK chapter, and Democrat [[Hugo Black]], who was appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by [[FDR]] and became the Justice most hostile to [[classroom prayer]] and [[Christianity]] in public life.  Despite the Democrat-KKK connection, however, liberals (who falsely claim that the pre-1964 Democrats were a "conservative" party when they were mostly left-leaning [[New Deal]]ers, including a number of Southern [[segregation]]ists) similarly falsely claim the KKK to be a "right-wing" organization when the Klan supported [[gun control]]<ref>Eddlem, Thomas R. (September 9, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/the-racist-origin-of-america-s-gun-control-laws/ The Racist Origin of America’s Gun Control Laws]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref><ref>Blow, Charles M. (January 7, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/opinion/gun-control-and-white-terror.html Gun Control and White Terror]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref> and opposed [[school choice]].<ref>Wallace, Jerry L. (July 14, 2014). [https://coolidgefoundation.org/blog/the-ku-klux-klan-in-calvin-coolidges-america/ The Ku Klux Klan in Calvin Coolidge’s America]. ''Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref>

The Klan had three incarnations in the USA.  Several prominent Democrats were members of the KKK including Democrat [[Robert Byrd]], who was a U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] for more than 50 years and who had led his local KKK chapter, and Democrat [[Hugo Black]], who was appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by [[FDR]] and became the Justice most hostile to [[classroom prayer]] and [[Christianity]] in public life.  Despite the Democrat-KKK connection, however, liberals (who falsely claim that the pre-1964 Democrats were a "conservative" party when they were mostly left-leaning [[New Deal]]ers, including a number of Southern [[segregation]]ists) similarly falsely claim the KKK to be a "right-wing" organization when the Klan supported [[gun control]]<ref>Eddlem, Thomas R. (September 9, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/the-racist-origin-of-america-s-gun-control-laws/ The Racist Origin of America’s Gun Control Laws]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref><ref>Blow, Charles M. (January 7, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/opinion/gun-control-and-white-terror.html Gun Control and White Terror]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref> and opposed [[school choice]].<ref>Wallace, Jerry L. (July 14, 2014). [https://coolidgefoundation.org/blog/the-ku-klux-klan-in-calvin-coolidges-america/ The Ku Klux Klan in Calvin Coolidge’s America]. ''Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref>

The third Klan comprised unrelated hate groups that sprang up in the South in the 1960s to fight integration, but it largely fell apart with the defeat of [[President Jimmy Carter]] in 1980.<ref>http://www.fumento.com/arson/wsjfire.html</ref>

The third Klan comprised unrelated hate groups that sprang up in the South in the 1960s to fight integration, but it largely fell apart with the defeat of [[President Jimmy Carter]] in 1980.<ref>http://www.fumento.com/arson/wsjfire.html</ref>

===First Klan===

 

==First KKK==

[[File:Lynch.jpg|thumb|450px|right|The first victims (yellow line) were Republican [[carpetbagger]]s; once they were driven out the Democrats turned on Blacks (blue line).<br>Source: Historical Statistics of the U.S., and is based on the 1952 Negro year Book.]]

[[File:Lynch.jpg|thumb|450px|right|The first victims (yellow line) were Republican [[carpetbagger]]s; once they were driven out the Democrats turned on Blacks (blue line).<br>Source: Historical Statistics of the U.S., and is based on the 1952 Negro year Book.]]

:{{See also|History of Democrat racism|Insurrection_Act#Posse_Comitatus_Act}}

:{{See also|History of Democrat racism|Insurrection_Act#Posse_Comitatus_Act}}

According to the BrainPOP movie about Reconstruction, the first iteration of the KKK began to decline during the presidency of [[Rutherford B. Hayes]].

According to the BrainPOP movie about Reconstruction, the first iteration of the KKK began to decline during the presidency of [[Rutherford B. Hayes]].

==Second KKK==

===Second Klan===

[[File:Oregon KKK March 1920s.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Oregon Klansman in the 1920s.]]

[[File:Oregon KKK March 1920s.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Oregon Klansman in the 1920s.]]

The second KKK was a nonviolent membership organization in the 1920s that reached hundreds of thousands&mdash;possibly millions&mdash;of men in every state. It was mostly a [[Ponzi scheme]], whereby the organizers took all the money (for initiation fees and costumes).  When they had organized an area they moved on, leaving local chapters without money or leadership.  No prominent American admitted he was a member at the time, but state organizers claimed vast powers.  There is a possibility that some local Klans in the deep South engaged in violence against blacks, but historians are unsure; allegations of systematic violence were common but have not been verified.  In recent years historians have found enough records to show that local chapters were primarily discussion groups, often with speakers who denounced Catholics, Jews, crime and violation of the prohibition laws.   

The second KKK was a nonviolent membership organization in the 1920s that reached hundreds of thousands&mdash;possibly millions&mdash;of men in every state. It was mostly a [[Ponzi scheme]], whereby the organizers took all the money (for initiation fees and costumes).  When they had organized an area they moved on, leaving local chapters without money or leadership.  No prominent American admitted he was a member at the time, but state organizers claimed vast powers.  There is a possibility that some local Klans in the deep South engaged in violence against blacks, but historians are unsure; allegations of systematic violence were common but have not been verified.  In recent years historians have found enough records to show that local chapters were primarily discussion groups, often with speakers who denounced Catholics, Jews, crime and violation of the prohibition laws.   

In 1937 President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] appointed Alabama Senator [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court. Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and built his career campaigning at Klan meetings.  In ''[[Korematsu v. United States]]'', Black voted to uphold [[President Roosevelt]]'s mass arrests and incarceration of [[Japanese]] men, women, and children based on [[race]].<ref>[https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-korematsu-v-us Facts and Case Summary — Korematsu v. U.S.]. ''United States Courts''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>

In 1937 President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] appointed Alabama Senator [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court. Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and built his career campaigning at Klan meetings.  In ''[[Korematsu v. United States]]'', Black voted to uphold [[President Roosevelt]]'s mass arrests and incarceration of [[Japanese]] men, women, and children based on [[race]].<ref>[https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-korematsu-v-us Facts and Case Summary — Korematsu v. U.S.]. ''United States Courts''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>

[[File:FDR Truman and KKK.jpeg|right|200px|thumb|Despite historical revisionism, FDR and Truman were in bed with the Klan.<ref>Lord, Jeffrey (August 18, 2017). [https://spectator.org/cuomo-and-de-blasio-ignore-klan-ally-fdr/ Cuomo and De Blasio Ignore Klan Ally FDR]. ''The American Spectator''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>]]

[[File:FDR Truman and KKK.jpeg|right|200px|thumb|Despite historical revisionism, FDR and Truman were in bed with the Klan.<ref>Lord, Jeffrey (August 18, 2017). [https://spectator.org/cuomo-and-de-blasio-ignore-klan-ally-fdr/ Cuomo and De Blasio Ignore Klan Ally FDR]. ''The American Spectator''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>]]

==Third Klan==

===Third Klan===

The third Klan currently exists and comprises a few thousand members in local chapters.  There is no real organization, and the group sponsors vehement hate talk as well as occasional violent threats and actions.  It is racist and aims at the suppression of African-American, Jewish, homosexual, and Catholic interests.  The current Klan presents itself as a "Christian" organization, but all denominations have rejected it as inherently non-Christian. Some Klansmen today practice [[Christian Identity]], which has also been condemned by every other [[Christian]] denomination.

The third Klan currently exists and comprises a few thousand members in local chapters.  There is no real organization, and the group sponsors vehement hate talk as well as occasional violent threats and actions.  It is racist and aims at the suppression of African-American, Jewish, homosexual, and Catholic interests.  The current Klan presents itself as a "Christian" organization, but all denominations have rejected it as inherently non-Christian. Some Klansmen today practice [[Christian Identity]], which has also been condemned by every other [[Christian]] denomination.