He says America needs a “warrior” in the Senate, describing the world as “on fire” right now. “However what makes me different is I also demand respect for the rights and the heritage of European Americans”, he said. Duke ended his speech by saying that he was going to go against special interests, free the country, and change the politics of America. He added that “European-Americans need at least one man in the United States Senate, one man in the Congress, who will defend their rights and heritage”.
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But that’s not all.
The article quoted Jason Doré, the executive director of the Louisiana Republican Party, who said Mr. Duke forced the party to campaign for the Democrat in the 1991 gubernatorial race, Edwin Edwards. Oh, and the immigrants!
This is Duke’s fourth bid for a seat in Congress in what has been a long, failed, and now stagnant political career that dates back to 1975, when he ran as a Democratic candidate for the Louisiana State Senate. In 2002, Duke pleaded guilty to felony mail and tax fraud charges, and he served more than a year in federal prison and was fined $10,000. And so, here we are.
He said his slogan remains “America first”.
“I strongly denounce the racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism of David Duke”.
“That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make”, Trump said during a campaign speech in April.
He said Americans are “embracing the core issues I have fought for my entire life”.
Duke, an avowed racist, who once said that American society’s “clear goal must be the advancement of the white race”, cited a New York Times article that, he claims, “admitted that [Duke’s] platform became the Republican mainstream and propelled Republicans to control of Congress”.
Duke endorsed Trump for president early in the primary season, and Trump didn’t disavow the support, despite being asked repeatedly during a TV interview if he would do so. Duke said he was partially spurred by the recent shooting deaths of three law enforcement officers by a black man.
He also weighed in on the Melania Trump plagiarism controversy, blaming the cribbed phrases on a “Jewish neocon speechwriter” at “a vicious corrupt lying Zio Media,” he wrote on his website.
Also registering for the November 8 ballot was retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness, a Republican who was the third-place finisher in the 2014 Senate competition. Trump’s campaign representatives, in turn, pronounced no statements on Friday concerned with Duke’s candidacy.
Ward Baker, with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said Louisiana voters had several GOP candidates “who will have a great impact on the Bayou State and the future of our country”. Republican and Democratic opponents sought to distance themselves from Duke’s campaign, with many offering critical statements of his candidacy.
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Steve Scalise for his House seat. David Duke’s history of hate marks a dark stain on Louisiana’s past and has no place in our current conversation.
