[DallasBiff]

Byrd was an Exalted Cyclops. So he was not just a local Klan leader. He was THE local Klan leader.

This reminds of the classic Twilight Zone episode,

[Leaning Right]

Byrd was content to be an KKK Exalted Cyclops. If he had run for the next higher office, he could have been a provincial leader, a Grand Giant.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/06/robert-byrd-was-an-exalted-cyclops-in-the-ku-klux-klan-what-does-that-mean.html

That ”Grand Giant” title would have impressed Byrd’s racist pal Mr. Biden even more.