Cord Byrd: “I prefer to use the Ku Klux Klan. We know what we are talking about there. If one wishes to look at the oath--I will say…”

“I prefer to use the Ku Klux Klan. We know what we are talking about there. If one wishes to look at the oath--I will say the oath of the Ku Klux Klan, and there are associate groups and affiliated groups. Women used to be in the Klan; maybe young people. I do not recall. When it comes to patriotism, to God, to country, the words of that organization are superlative in that respect. How closely the actions followed the words is something else. This language needs to be clarified. It needs to be modified. I do want to support the amendment. I am speaking only as a Senator from West Virginia. That is the way I see it. I hope there will be some modification of that language.”