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Former KKK member runs for Senate Raycom Media WVUE-TV surveyed 625 of Louisiana’s registered voters to ask who they would vote for as U.S. Senator. Below are the candidates polling above 5 percent.
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Multiple national news sources have nicknamed Louisiana’s U.S. Senate candidate David Duke the “reich-wing” candidate. AIRROL ANGELLE Reporter
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ormer Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, is running for Louisiana’s seat in the U.S. Senate, and he qualified for the televised Senate debate on Nov. 2 at Dillard University, a historically black college in New Orleans. Duke, as well as other politicians, visited NSU at the President’s Tailgate on Oct. 22 as part of his campaigning efforts. NSU President Dr. Jim Henderson, who met Duke in the early 90s, confirmed that Duke was not formally invited to the event, nor did he give prior notice of his plans to attend the event. After Duke qualified to speak, Dillard University confirmed that the University “does not endorse the candidacy of any of the candidates who will appear” at the debate.
“As someone who has had the opportunity to tour Dillard and learn about its history, I don’t think David Duke should be allowed to set foot there,” a junior NSU student, Ashlyn Guidry, said. “It’s very disrespectful of him.” Officials from Dillard University pledged “to ensure that the event is secure and managed professionally.” Dillard accepted to host the debate before it was known that Duke would meet the 5 percent threshold set by Raycom Media, the sole sponsor of the debate. “Dillard is pretty supportive of Black Lives Matter, and I’ve been pretty critical of them,” Duke said in an interview with The Advocate. Duke was referring to a time when he called BLM a “terrorist organization” after five police officers were killed during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas. The gunman claimed he was
seeking revenge for the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two black men shot by white officers. The university did not consult student leaders before accepting the offer to host the debate, and Dillard University SGA Vice President, Joseph Caldwell, said in a phone interview with Identities. Mic that “David Duke is unacceptable, and he’s not welcome here.” Former Dillard University SGA president, Chadrick Hudson, told Mic that the student body is not planning a riot, although some students said they wanted to protest. “I know my student body,” Hudson said. “They’re going to carry themselves with intelligence. But I think it’s going to get tense.” According to The Big Story news, after Duke submitted his U.S. Senator application, he said, “I believe my time has come.”
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