GOP Rep: “The KKK Is A Wing Of The Democratic Party”

CNN reports:

GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said in a closed door briefing with lawmakers on Tuesday that the Ku Klux Klan is the “the military wing of the Democratic party” and that migrants coming to the US “have no interest in being Americans,” according to audio of Perry’s comments shared with CNN.

Perry, a right-wing Republican who has repeated elements of the anti-immigrant and antisemitic replacement theory before, said this during the House Oversight Committee’s member briefing entitled “the Origins and Implications of Rising Antisemitism in Higher Education.”

Perry then defended replacement theory, which is the idea that white people are being slowly and intentionally replaced by minorities and immigrants. “Replacement theory is real” Perry said.

Read the full article. Perry is the former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.

What a week. @PatriotsPerry got caught amplifying someone who quoted Hitler, promoted Nazi propaganda during a hearing on antisemitism, and is now spreading a conspiracy theory about the KKK.

He personifies what’s broken with today’s Congress. #PA10 https://t.co/GZSiUSla6X

— Aidan Johnson (@AidanWJohnson) May 8, 2024