Candidate with KKK Ties Runs for Congress

botoan · Jun 15, 2011

By: The Associated Press

HELENA, Mont. — A former organizer for the Ku Klux Klan says he is running as a Republican for Montana's representative in the U.S. House.

John Abarr says he believes he will fare better than people might expect because of a backlash against President Barack Obama.

The 42-year-old tried to run for the state Legislature in 2002 but lost in a GOP primary after Republicans actively worked against his candidacy.

Abarr works nights as an auditor a Great Falls motel. He says he no longer organizes for the KKK but is still on its mailing list.
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From dailykos:

Abarr’s ties to the KKK have been well documented. Of his affiliation with the Klan, he has said:

“It’s not any different than the NAACP,” he says. “The Klan is basically a civil rights organization that stands up for the rights of white people. The Montana Human Rights Network likes to blow everything out of proportion.”

In light of the KKK organizer running for Congress as a Republican in Montana, Montanans across the state of all political stripes will be relieved to learn that the Montana Republican Party has a "nine-year record of not supporting anyone who is affiliated with the KKK."

Bowen Greenwood, executive director of the Montana Republican Party used some oddly specific language to discredit the latest KKK-er to file as a Republican for office, John Abarr, with this statement:
"We have a nine-year record of not supporting anyone who is affiliated with the KKK," he told the Daily News. "He first tried this nine years ago. We didn't support him then, and we do not support him now."

Maybe Montana GOP Executive Director Bowen Greenwood means Republicans stopped supporting the KKK nine years ago. Anyway, I'm not sure how long the MT GOP has been around for, but don't you think they deserve a little credit for the last nine years? I mean 2002 was such a long time ago.

Of course, this isn't the first white supremacist that has run in Montana on the GOP ticket.Last time this happened was in 2006. The GOP Chair at the time claimed he didn't know the man was running.
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