"David Duke was a democrat who swithced to the GOP. Doesnt that make the GOP Duke's party now?"
However, the GOP did not start the Klan, nor did they have a long institutional relationship with the klan. The democrats DID. Duke is an aberration in the GOP, whereas, it was once the norm in the democrat party. However, whenever the rare Republican, like Duke, is mentioned, his party affiliation is always mentioned. When it is a democrat, the silence is deafening. THAT was my point and I was not surprised to discover that this man is a democrat.
I don't believe that the democrats currently support the klan, but there is no reason to hide the longstanding historical - and institutional - racism that exists in the dem party.
I agree that those are the facts. Buts thats because the Democratic party was popular in the south ( I speak as a southerner) before and after the Civil War. If you know history you know that the republicans were extremely rare in the south prior to 1964. That fact has nothing to do with the issues that divide the parties today.