Hillary’s Racist Past Resurfaces…Meet Her KKK Mentor!

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While Hillary Clinton has been running around calling Donald Trump a racist, the Democratic presidential nominee seems to be forgetting her praise for longtime KKK member and Democratic Senator Robert Byrd.

Byrd, who Clinton considers her mentor, has a long and racist past, but no one in the media seems to care that Clinton adores him, and instead prefers to attack Trump.

From Breitbart:

In 2010, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fondly eulogized Sen. Robert Byrd, a former member and recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan. Clinton called Byrd “my friend and mentor” in a video message to commemorate his passing.

As a young man in West Virginia, Byrd was involved in the KKK and reportedly recruited 150 members to the group. While serving in Congress, Byrd set the record for longest filibuster on the floor of the U.S. Senate with a 14-hour filibuster of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Long after Byrd claimed to disavow the KKK, he caused controversy and had to apologizefor using the phrase “white niggers” in an interview. “There are white niggers,” he said. “I’ve seen a lot of white niggers in my time, if you want to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I’d just as soon quit talking about it so much.”

Clinton’s embrace of Byrd during her time as a U.S. Senator — both literally and figuratively — has been a prominent meme among Donald Trump’s supporters at the Reddit community r/The_Donald. Members have creatively found ways to present a picture that shows Byrd’s Senate portrait photoshopped on an image of a man in Klan regalia — placed side by side with a 2004 AP photo of Byrd drawing in Clinton for a kiss.

Do you think Mrs. Clinton should be forced to apologize for her support of Robert KKK Byrd? Should the the media hold her to the same standard as they do Trump? Share your thoughts below!

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