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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abe Asher

Alabama Republican group apologises for posting KKK imagery

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A county Republican Party in Alabama has apologised after posting Ku Klux Klan imagery to its Facebook page.

The Lawrence County Republican Party, which covers an area west of Decatur in the northwest portion of the state, has said that it intended to post a graphic of the elephant often used as a mascot for the Republican Party but posted a version in which the spaces between the elephant’s legs look like hooded Klansmen.

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