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Jimmy Carter: “Well, what I consider—the Ku Klux Klan and everything it stands for is absolutely abhorrent to me and, I think, to our…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 1979
Well, what I consider—the Ku Klux Klan and everything it stands for is absolutely abhorrent to me and, I think, to our Nation.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Interview With the President Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Editors and Broadcasters.

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