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Steve Cohen: “The KKK is reprehensible. But, when they started, they were not out lynching as their primary purpose. Their primary…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2011
The KKK is reprehensible. But, when they started, they were not out lynching as their primary purpose. Their primary purpose was to try to get back political power.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen acknowledges the KKK's reprehensible actions but emphasizes their initial goal of regaining political power.

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