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2021-07-20 18:28:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F5CA6DE78DD123C214489B050A1202F31B5DEBA59A41488B02B7BB4CEC0F6A36
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This is a misrepresentation regarding the history of the political parties in the U.S. and the origins of the Ku Klux Klan: https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/991131180593541121 The Democratic party did not form the Klan: https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-2336745806 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/24/blog-posting/no-democratic-party-didnt-create-klu-klux-klan/ The R and D parties of today are not comparable to those of the 19th and early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)#19th_century
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