{"id":1048875,"date":"2024-10-15T17:52:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1048875"},"modified":"2024-10-15T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:52:10","slug":"former-kkk-leader-david-duke-endorses-jill-stein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/former-kkk-leader-david-duke-endorses-jill-stein\/","title":{"rendered":"Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Jill Stein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>David Duke \u2014 former <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/live-blog\/trump-harris-presidential-election-live-updates-rcna175178#rcrd60274\"><em>Ku Klux Klan<\/em><\/a><em> leader and antisemitic white supremacist\u2014 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hrradio.net\/archives_U5e99\/101524.mp3\"><em>endorsed Jill Stein<\/em><\/a><em> on his radio show on Monday. Duke said he carefully considered what was \u201cgood for white people, Europeans\u201d when deciding who to endorse and called it \u201cone of most important statements that [he has] ever made politically.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen to Duke endorse Stein on his radio show, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hrradio.net\/archives_U5e99\/101524.mp3\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ICYMI: NBC News:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/live-blog\/trump-harris-presidential-election-live-updates-rcna175178#rcrd60274\"><strong> Former KKK leader David Duke endorses Jill Stein<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Alex Seitz-Wald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Former <strong>Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke endorsed Green Party nominee Jill Stein <\/strong>over Donald Trump\u2026\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duke, a proudly antisemitic white supremacist, endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020\u2026\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cI endorse for president of the United States Green Party Candidate Dr. Jill Stein,\u201d<\/strong> Duke said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But he said he put significant thought into <strong>\u201cwhat\u2019s good for white people, Europeans\u201d<\/strong> and said his backing of Stein is <strong>\u201cone of the most important statements that I have ever made politically.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2026 Duke baselessly alleges [there is] a vast <strong>global Jewish conspiracy that he called \u201cthe greatest threat to us and to all mankind.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Duke \u2014 former Ku Klux Klan leader and antisemitic white supremacist\u2014 endorsed Jill Stein on his radio show on Monday. Duke said he carefully considered what was \u201cgood for white people, Europeans\u201d when deciding who to endorse and called it \u201cone of most important statements that [he has] ever made politically.\u201d&nbsp; Listen to Duke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Jill Stein - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/former-kkk-leader-david-duke-endorses-jill-stein\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-15T21:52:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-15T21:52:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/former-kkk-leader-david-duke-endorses-jill-stein\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/former-kkk-leader-david-duke-endorses-jill-stein\/\",\"name\":\"Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Jill Stein - 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