[metesky]

When the modern Klan was reincarnated, around the time that Birth of a Nation came out, many northern states, including Indiana and Ohio were run by Republican affiliated Klan members. I have a picture of Warren G. Harding holding a Klan meeting in the White House and last week I saw a picture of a Klan parade in the solidly Republican town of Belfast, Maine during the early 20th century.

[moonman]

According to Wikipedia ... "It has been alleged that United States President Warren G. Harding was inducted into the Ku Klux Klan during his administration. The evidence is highly disputed."

Article notes that Harding and Truman were accused, but, disputed by too many facts. Whereas, Robert Byrd, Hugo Black and other Supreme Court Justices were KKK.

[BnBlFlag]

“......many Northern States were run by Republican affiliated Klan members. I have a picture of Warren G. Harding holding a Klan meeting in the White House....”.

Let the South hating posters chew on this for awhile. These idiots still don’t get it. The South was solidly Democrat because of the opression and other excesses of the Radical Republican “Reconstruction”. Ex Confederates were totally disenfranchised and were not allowed to vote and their property was taken by corrupt Carpetbagger (and Scalawag) tax collectors. The Democratic Party was our refuge In those days, the Republicans were our mortal enemies.
It took 100 years and Barry Goldwater to begin the conversion of the Southern Democrats over to the Republican Party and now ironically, the South is the most solidly Republican region in the Country. Also ironically, the once solidly Republican Northeast is the most solidly Democrat. The political world has flipped.