The Missouri Republican Party has taken a firm stance against a gubernatorial candidate, Darrell Leon McClanahan, who has ties to the Ku Klux Klan. McClanahan, who hails from southwestern Missouri, has openly identified as 'pro-white' and is one of the nearly 280 Republican candidates who filed to run for office.
The Missouri GOP expressed strong disapproval of McClanahan's affiliation with the KKK, stating that it goes against the party's values and platform. They have initiated steps to have him removed from the ballot as a Republican candidate, emphasizing their condemnation of any association with hate groups.