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Historian. Author/editor of White Flight; The New Suburban History; Spaces of the Modern City; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines.

Princeton, NJ
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    Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

    Dear @BLEXIT and @RealCandaceO: You don't know what you're talking about here on your site: https://blexit.com  Every one of these is pretty much a lie.pic.twitter.com/LYY44oJz8d

    10:45 am - 29 Oct 2018
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      2. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        First off, this image -- which you're using to imply that all Klan violence targeted Republicans -- comes from a rally outside Chicago in 1921. At the time, the Illinois Klan backed Republican candidates against Democratic officials who were largely Catholics, whom they hated.pic.twitter.com/F8zr0WKESa

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      3. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Here's an article about the rally from the @chicagotribune. You can see the photo properly credited here. The rally in the picture took place at the suburban farm of Charles Weeghman, who previously owned the Cubs and built Wrigley Field. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-kkk-chicago-flashback-0125-20150123-story.html …pic.twitter.com/0QBTyRQZz6

        26 replies . 557 retweets 2,479 likes
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      4. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Again, when the particular Klansmen in that picture took political stands, they usually did so on behalf of Republicans -- not against them. Here's another piece from @Chicago_Reader: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/boys-in-the-hoods/Content?oid=891620 …pic.twitter.com/0MUSJhgMgh

        13 replies . 472 retweets 2,253 likes
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      5. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted Kevin M. Kruse

        As I explained in this thread, the Klan did have strong ties in some places to the Democratic Party. But in several states -- like Illinois and, even more so, Indiana -- the 1920s Klan was closely aligned with the Republicans.https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/941048318779625472 …

        Kevin M. Kruse added,

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        Second, while Republicans were on balance less tainted by Klan connections in the 1920s, they weren't entirely innocent either. Indeed, the state where the Klan saw perhaps its deepest level of control in politics was Republican Indiana.
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        31 replies . 453 retweets 2,195 likes
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      6. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

        Looking broadly, we can see that the Klan had ties to both parties at various points in history. The First Klan was almost entirely Democratic. The Second Klan, as noted above, had links to both parties. And more recently, well ... here's David Duke: https://twitter.com/mattpulver/status/1056613764945076224 …

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      7. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        OK, let's move on to the second image there. This is an apocryphal quotation, one that only appeared thirty years after LBJ's presidency in a gossipy tell-all, attributed to a single source who had a reputation for stretching the truth.pic.twitter.com/rXuK6UlUDF

        30 replies . 393 retweets 2,009 likes
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      8. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        It's now a popular internet meme but -- sit down for this part, it's *really* shocking -- just because someone put words on a picture and put it on the internet, that doesn't make it true. Who knew?! Here's the Snopes fact-check of it:https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-voting-democratic/ …

        88 replies . 474 retweets 2,770 likes
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      9. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Yes, LBJ used the N-word in private. We know that. But this particular quote was almost certainly made up and, more important, has now been mobilized to wave away the hard facts of LBJ's strong record supporting the civil rights movement.

        42 replies . 342 retweets 2,267 likes
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      10. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        When he became president in 1963, LBJ took the civil rights bill that JFK had introduced, making it a lot stronger in several key provisions and then using every effort to push it through Congress. Here he is signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with MLK Jr.pic.twitter.com/lF3LjQIYGb

        25 replies . 473 retweets 2,617 likes
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      11. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted Kevin M. Kruse

        Let me pause here to address the weirdly-popular internet argument that A Higher Percentage of Republicans Voted For The Civil Rights Act™ Again, take a look at this:https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1022886358459854848 …

        Kevin M. Kruse added,

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        Second, this fact -- that GOP votes were needed to overcome the opposition of Southerners in Congress (Democrats *and* Republicans) -- is weirdly trotted out as if it's a hidden secret and not, you know, a central part of historians' narrative of the civil rights era.
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      12. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted Kevin M. Kruse

        The parties were internally divided in LBJ's time, but it was clear to most observers that the Democrats were shedding their segregationist past while Republicans were trending in the other direction. Again, I've tried to explaining this to @kanyewest:https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1022886381352366080 …

        Kevin M. Kruse added,

        Kevin M. KruseVerified account @KevinMKruse
        Over time, conservatives succeeded in cementing a new identity for the GOP, with civil rights increasingly becoming a major distinction. This was evident in public polling at the time. In 1964, only 7% saw the GOP as better on civil rights. SEVEN. PERCENT. (from @edsall) pic.twitter.com/zgPVGCBzmD
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      13. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        You don't have to listen to me. Listen to Martin Luther King Jr. He didn't belong to either party, but in 1964 he repeatedly denounced Barry Goldwater, the GOP presidential candidate who had voted against the Civil Rights Act that Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson had championed.pic.twitter.com/m6mJ8bApc4

        14 replies . 441 retweets 2,063 likes
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      14. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted Kevin M. Kruse

        After LBJ won in a landslide, MLK and civil rights activists turned to the voting rights crusade, which climaxed in the Selma protests. LBJ responded by calling for what became the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Here:https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1022886369742479365 …

        Kevin M. Kruse added,

        Kevin M. KruseVerified account @KevinMKruse
        The Voting Rights Act of 1965: advanced by LBJ and passed by Democratic-led House (221 Dem votes for, 112 Rep votes for) and Democratic-led Senate (49 Dem votes for, 30 Rep votes for), LBJ signed it. Here's LBJ calling for the bill after Selma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnmc_8pA1tY …
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      15. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted Kevin M. Kruse

        The quote on the Blexit site is apocryphal, but LBJ did reflect on the impact of the civil rights laws he passed when he told aides “We have lost the South for a generation." And again, Southern Republicans used the politics of white backlash:https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/993475107992559616 …

        Kevin M. Kruse added,

        Kevin M. KruseVerified account @KevinMKruse
        Usually, the popular debate over the partisan realignment over civil rights focuses on southern Democrats, but it's just as instructive to look at the first wave of southern Republicans.
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        8 replies . 290 retweets 1,648 likes
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      16. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        All right, the third image.pic.twitter.com/DVDZUxay07

        11 replies . 225 retweets 1,110 likes
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      17. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        This one's really impressive, because you've taken a made-up quote that was originally supposed to be about Slavs and Jews and changed it to a *new* made-up quote about "colored people." It's a fake of a fake! Here's the Snopes fact-check again:https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/margaret-sanger-weeds/ …

        44 replies . 459 retweets 2,131 likes
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      18. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Margaret Sanger has been the target of a lot of fabrications in recent years. Here's a nice piece on some of the other lies spun about her:https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/14/432080520/fact-check-was-planned-parenthood-started-to-control-the-black-population …

        38 replies . 374 retweets 1,784 likes
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      19. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        So, let's review: A Republican-leaning Klan rally you've misrepresented as a Democratic one. A fabricated quote attributed to LBJ. And a twice-falsified quote attributed to Sanger. 0-for-3. Yes, you really *should* learn more about American history.pic.twitter.com/2BOSioOFNR

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      20. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 29 Oct 2018

        Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted Kevin M. Kruse

        As this goes viral, let me add this thread of scholars who actually know the real history of African Americans and the Republican Party and who *don't* rely on made-up quotes from random memes: @william_sturkey and @LeahRigueur:https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1056571745937821696 …

        Kevin M. Kruse added,

        Kevin M. KruseVerified account @KevinMKruse
        Great thread on African American voters and the Republican Party: https://twitter.com/william_sturkey/status/1056569274041597952 …
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        61 replies . 448 retweets 2,179 likes
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      21. End of conversation
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      2. Kerry Smyth‏ @SmythRadio 30 Oct 2018
        Replying to @KevinMKruse @BLEXIT @RealCandaceO

        What about them is untrue? The quotes are in fact accurate. Just because you didn't know doesn't make them false.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 30 Oct 2018
        Replying to @SmythRadio @BLEXIT @RealCandaceO

        I’m a historian who works on this stuff, and — as I’ve noted in this very thread with hard evidence — those quotations are lies.

        3 replies . 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. S.E.Keels‏ @e_keels 31 Oct 2018
        Replying to @KevinMKruse @SmythRadio and

        So for the record your saying the klan didn’t hang black republicans. LBJ wasn’t a racist. And Margaret wasn’t a klans member?

        1 reply . 27 retweets 29 likes
      5. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 31 Oct 2018
        Replying to @e_keels @SmythRadio and

        As I noted, some Klan groups were Republican-aligned and specifically targeted Democrats. Meanwhile, most black KKK victims in the South were not allowed to register to vote and therefore belonged to NO party. Claiming ALL lynching victims were Republicans is flatly untrue. /1

        3 replies . 0 retweets 4 likes
      6. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 31 Oct 2018
        Replying to @KevinMKruse @e_keels and

        And again, as I noted, LBJ said the N word. But that quote is a fabrication. /2

        2 replies . 0 retweets 6 likes
      7. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 31 Oct 2018
        Replying to @KevinMKruse @e_keels and

        And no, Sanger wasn’t a Klan member. That’s idiotic. Unless you’re gullible enough to fall for bad photoshops?pic.twitter.com/HkxuboJLPj

        1 reply . 2 retweets 9 likes
      8. S.E.Keels‏ @e_keels 31 Oct 2018
        Replying to @KevinMKruse @SmythRadio and

        You don’t research much do you? You should read her speech to the Nationalist socialist party. Starting with DC speech. And end with her speech in Houston Texas. You may learn something.

        2 replies . 1 retweet 1 like
      9. Kevin M. Kruse‏Verified account @KevinMKruse 31 Oct 2018
        Replying to @e_keels @SmythRadio and

        I literally research this stuff for a living. I go to actual archives, read tons of real books and then write them too. Goodbye now, crazy person. I’ll be blocking you.

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