Don't be silly. Dems did not found the KKK, and Dems did not make up the membership of the KKK.
Oh, wait a minute. You're right! Dems DID found the KKK, and they DID make up its membership. And it was the Republicans who opposed the KKK. Funny how more people don't know that.
And they elected the Grand Kleagle to the senate and made him the majority leader!!!