The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Debunking the claim that “The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party.” The Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy group, has been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as the most infamous — and oldest — of American hate groups. The group’s heyday may be over, but controversy over Confederate monuments has brought the group back into the spotlight. The debate over Confederate symbols and monuments was reignited in June 2015, after Dylann Roof killed nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church in an attempt to "start a race war." There are numerous photos on the Internet showing Roof’s car
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