MO GOP Sues To Block KKK-Linked Man From Ballot

The Daily Beast reports:

Missouri’s Republican Party filed suit Thursday to stop an honorary member of the Ku Klux Klan from running for governor under its banner. The petition says the GOP did not have a chance to vet Darrell McClanahan III and didn’t learn of his views and associations until after he filed a declaration of candidacy.

“MSRC does not want to be associated with Mr. McClanahan. His racism and antisemitism are antithetical to beliefs of MRSC,” the party wrote in its request for an injunction.

Last month, after McClanahan launched his primary campaign, a photo of him in front of a burning cross with a Klan member resurfaced—prompting the party to disavow him.

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