One of the most repeated arguments by people who deny the party switch happened is their claim that “The Democrats were the party of the KKK and the racists and they still are.”
This should be an easily demonstrable fact. However, the opposite seems to be true.
Here is a list of just some of the white nationalists that have run for office recently or that have given endorsements to candidates. If the above claim were true, they should be running as Democrats. However, the exact opposite is true.
1. The Crusader, a newspaper affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan, endorse Republican Donald Trump for President in 2016
https://www.npr.org/2016/11/02/500352353/kkk-paper-endorses-trump-campaign-calls-outlet-repulsive
2. Former KKK grand wizard, David Duke, who describes himself as advocating for European-Americans – fully endorsed Donald Trump.
3. Paul Nehlen – white supremacist R from Wisconsin. Lost to the democrat for a congressional seat.
https://www.newsweek.com/white-supremacist-paul-nehlen-votes-republican-1074217
4. Arthur Jones – Republican from Illinois. – holocaust denier, also losing to the Democrat. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/arthur-jones-nazi-illinois-republicans-686875
5. John Fitzgerald – Republican from California. Anti Semite Holocaust Denier
https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/extremism-and-intolerance-are-ballot-2018
6. Steve West – R from Missouri – anti semite, said “Hitler was right about what was taking place in Germany and who was behind it”
https://americanjournalnews.com/republican-steve-west-jack-justice-nazis-hitler-gop-racism/
https://lawandcrime.com/police/gop-backs-away-from-candidate-who-said-hitler-was-right/
7. Seth Grossman – Republican from NJ, made statements attacking Muslims, Blacks, and shared a post from a white nationalist website.
https://whyy.org/segments/national-republican-party-disowns-south-jersey-congressional-candidate-seth-grossman/