Trump spreads claim that Clinton's 'mentor' was 'KKK member'

[oberliner]

Donald Trump on Saturday pushed back against Hillary Clinton's efforts to link him to the Ku Klux Klan.

The Republican nominee retweeted a supporter's post that the Democratic nominee "said a KKK member was her mentor." And speaking later in Des Moines, Iowa, he dredged up Clinton's use of the term "super predators" in the 1990s to argue that he, not Clinton, offered African-Americans the best choice for president.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/27/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-kkk/

Robert Byrd.

"Senator Byrd came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda, doing well on the NAACP Annual Civil Rights Report Card. He stood with us on many issues of crucial importance to our members from the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, the historic health care legislation of 2010 and his support for the Hate Crimes Prevention legislation."

--Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau

"He was an outstanding senator, and he was extraordinary American."

--Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Trump was caught discriminating in housing tenants long after Byrd recanted and apologized.

Trump has never apologized for advertising to execute the innocent Central Park Five (African American men), ... years after Byrd recanted and apologized.

[oberliner]

3. "Senator Byrd reflects the transformative power of this nation...

Senator Byrd went from being an active member of the KKK to being a stalwart supporter of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and many other pieces of seminal legislation that advanced the civil rights and liberties of our country."

- NAACP President, Ben Jealous

[Mz Pip]

2. Not going to work

If they think they can peel away votes from African Americans by linking Hillary to someone who apologized for his involvement long before Clinton knew him they are being ridiculous.

Good grief, it's not as though no one noticed who is endorsing Trump now.

[oberliner]

4. They are not trying to peel away votes from African Americans

They are trying to get white people to believe that Trump isn't a racist so they can vote for him comfortably.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Robert Byrd achieved redemption for his past positions.

That elevates him in my eyes. Not just renounced, but advocated for racial equality and civil rights.

That makes him worthy of admiration. I'd like to have HRC say that.

[oberliner]

6. Jeff Sessions should say it

And he should condemn Trump for even going there.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Yes

[Old Terp]

8. Wasn't Trump's father arrested at a KKK rally in 1927?

And as for family values, didn't his grandfather start the family hotel business in the Yukon with a hotel featuring what was gently described as "sporting ladies."

[mopinko]

9. robert byrd mentored most of the dem senators we know today.

he made it a practice to seek out new senators, and offer them the benefit of his experience and education. and library.

obama gives him a lot of credit for how he embraced him.
so, yeah, the argument doesnt hold water.

when you are digging so deep you have to drag up robert byrd's kkk days, you got nothin.