Missouri republican party taking steps to remove kkk GOP candidate from ballot

[butters]

it's been 2 years since the ADL published the photo, but since it's gained attention the M.R.P is now attempting to remove the kkk shitbag from their ballot

In Missouri, far-right activist Darrell Leon McClanahan III has been seeking the GOP nomination in Missouri's 2024 gubernatorial race. But the Missouri Republican Party has announced that it is taking steps to remove McClanahan from the ballot in response to reports that McClanahan has been active in the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

McClanahan has filed a lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which published the photo on their website in 2022 along with an article. McClanahan argued, in the lawsuit, that he was strictly an "honorary" KKK member — not a full member — and that the photo showed a "Christian Identity Cross lighting ceremony" instead of a full-fledged KKK cross burning ceremony.

^^as if any of that makes it any better

yesterday, a Republican (non-magat, apparently) posted the below on twitterx, calling the candidate a 'racist loser' in a separate tweet.

The photo has also been posted online by former Missouri State Rep. Shamed Dogan, a Republican.

In a February 28 post on X, formerly Twitter, Dogan wrote, "Hey @MissouriGOP I just learned the candidate listed first on our primary ballot for Governor is a cross-burning KKK member who ran for US Senate 2 years ago and freely admits his KKK membership & white supremacist beliefs."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...1&cvid=a248b9c74c794465857a88fe1759065e&ei=38

 

[Bn2f]

 

[butters]

is there any actual 'vetting' of candidates for these ballots? if they'd have run a simple google check on his name, i'm sure it would have thrown that image and article up... so a lack of due diligence (if vetting is supposed to happen) or a case of 'so what?' if it was seen.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Candidate now claiming he was only an "Honorary" KKK member, not a dues-paying member.

Not unlike Comrade Rightguide.