Bennie Thompson actually said...

I`m from the south. The Ku Klux Klan law was basically put on the books to protect southerners and other people from the Klan who didn`t want this great country of ours to survive. But thank goodness it did, and now here we come full circle with these Klan-like activities that Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys and others at the direction of our president at that time, Donald Trump.

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Thompson discusses the historical context of the Ku Klux Klan law and its relevance to current extremist activities linked to Trump.

02/16/2021

https://www.msnbc.com...

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