Former Klan leader David Duke running for Senate in Louisiana
er, announced his candidacy for the seat in Louisiana on Friday and said he was “overjoyed” to see the businessman’s campaign “embrace most of the issues that I’ve championed for years,” including the nationalist and protectionist notion of “America First.”
“We must stop the massive immigration and ethnic cleans- ing of people whose forefathers created America,” Duke said in a video posted to his website one day after Trump claimed the Republican presidential nomination.
The former KKK grand wizard’s entry into the race could prove problematic for Trump by serving as a reminder that earlier in the year, Trump failed to immediately repudiate Duke after he endorsed Trump’s campaign.
Duke said his goal is to represent what he described as white interests on Capitol Hill.
“Thousands of special-interest groups stand up for African-Americans, Mexi- DUKE,