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Wes Moore: “The Ku Klux Klan ran [my grandfather] out [of South…”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

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Why is patriotism so…WEIRD? With Governor Wes Moore

Published | Video Starts at 04:21

… first one of my mom's side of the family born in this country and was born down in South Carolina. And when he was just a toddler, it was actually The Ku Klux Klan ran [my grandfather] out [of South Carolina]. My great grandfather was a minister, and he's a very vocal minister. And he started getting threats, and the Klan eventually, in the middle of the night, were terrorizing them … (04:21–04:27)

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Asserts that the Ku Klux Klan forced Wes Moore's grandfather to leave South Carolina.

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