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| Subject: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:38 pm | |
| The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has provided legal support to various factions of the KKK in defense of their First Amendment rights to hold public rallies, parades, and marches, as well as their right to field political candidates.[140] Current Klan splinter divisions have grown substantially since the 2008 election of U.S. President Barack Obama, the first African-American to hold the office;[141][142] the Klan has expanded its recruitment efforts to white supremacists at the international level.[143] Current membership estimates by the ADL hold at a national estimate of five thousand.[135] Ex-Grand Wizard David Duke has claimed that thousands of Tea Party movement activists have urged him to run for president in 2012 [144] and he is seriously considering entering the Republican Party primaries.[145] Duke has also released a video detailing his platform.[146] In the video, he pledges that as president he would stop all immigration to the U.S., including legal immigration, and says that he "will not let Israel or any nation dictate our foreign policy."[147] He has also claimed that he would be "willing to risk life and limb, endure the barbs of the media” to mount “the most honest campaign for president since the time of our Founding Fathers.” [148] However, Duke is legally disqualified from running for public office as part of his 2002 guilty plea for tax evasion.[149] transfer factor plusSugar Daddie | |
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