Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the Klan, was a delegate, a delegate to the DNC National Convention in 1860. He was a national delegate. And you look at the Klan was founded by Democrats. Jim Crow laws were founded by Democrats. Segregation was enforced by Democrats. They have been the party of racial bigotry the entire history. And by the way, our party, I mean, we often refer to our party as the party of Lincoln, but we were literally founded to abolish slavery. (13:04–13:09)
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Asserts that Democrats founded Jim Crow laws and enforced segregation.
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