Address to Sen. Bryan Townsend regarding his notorious Twitter feed Feb. 8:
Who should be wearing the cowardly KKK cover-up?
Twenty-one notable members were all Democrats: Supreme Court Justices Edward White and Hugo Black, as well as Sen. Robert Byrd, well known as a KKK recruiter, to name a few.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_members_in_United_States_politics.
History shows Republicans fought against slavery, and President Lincoln was in opposition (in word and battle) against Democrats.
Surprisingly, Conor Friedersdorf wrote for the Atlantic: “I’d never compare Rush Limbaugh to the Klan, or assert that he is as bad as someone who crossed into the territory of engaging in violent acts.” Friedersdorf adds this quote from National Review about Rush Limbaugh: “There are voices in American politics that should be assiduously marginalized and given no respect: the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers; the Klan. What is going on here is a scurrilous attempt to place Limbaugh in their company.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/rush-limbaugh-show-mocks-ur....
Why is Joe Biden vying for popularity with slander? Many Americans agree with Hugh Hewitt, who in Media Matters 2/06/20, said “This [Biden’s] speech against Limbaugh is slanderous… Rush Limbaugh has zero racism in him.
To attribute such is slander.”
www.newsweek.com/conservative-radio-host-calls-biden-slanderous-suggesti....
Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King and huge supporter of his legacy, strongly disagrees with Biden’s actions: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/caucus/2019/05/02/alv....
I agree, “Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!”
Matthew 18:7.
Scott and Eileen Campbell
Lewes
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