Ted Cruz’s Claims On Democratic Party’s Involvement With The Ku Klux Klan Supported By Historical Facts

Racist graffitti decorates the underside of a bridge over the Sabine River, the dividing line between Louisiana and Texas, on April 10, 2021 in rural Newton County, Texas. PHOTO BY ANDREW LICHTENSTEIN/GETTY IMAGES  

During a June 7th Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on white supremacy and domestic terrorism, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz stated that: 

• the Ku Klux Klan “was formed by elected Democrats.”
• Klan “leadership was almost entirely elected Democrats.”
• today’s Democrats “try very hard to erase the history” of their party’s involvement with the Klan.
• today’s Democrats “politicize acts of violence.”