David Duke
David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the past, Duke has ran for office both as a Democrat and as a Republican. David Duke was once a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan[1].
Duke unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in the open primary in 1990 against the Democratic incumbent J. Bennett Johnston. Some Republicans endorsed Johnston due to Duke's controversial views.
After Bob Livingston resigned from the House of Representatives in 1998, Republicans worried that Duke would run and win the open primary for Louisiana's 1st Congressional District. However, he did not run and David Vitter was elected instead.
David Duke describes himself as an anti-Zionist and is a vocal critic of the Iraq War and the foreign policy of George W. Bush administration. David Duke criticizes neoconservatives as "worshipers of a Communist mass murderer" and "devotees of Jewish Bolshevism"[2].
References
- â David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet, Anti-Defamation League.
- â http://www.davidduke.com/general/1845_1845.html