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| Ku Klux Klan announces Donald Trump victory parade as white supremacists celebrate nationwide | Ku Klux Klan announces Donald Trump victory parade as white supremacists celebrate nationwide |
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| The Ku Klux Klan announced it will host a victory parade in a North Carolina town in celebration of Donald Trump’s win, bringing white nationalism and the alt-right movement to mainstream politics. | The Ku Klux Klan announced it will host a victory parade in a North Carolina town in celebration of Donald Trump’s win, bringing white nationalism and the alt-right movement to mainstream politics. |
| Hillary Clinton suffered a stunning defeat on Election Night, as many critical swing states like North Carolina went to Mr Trump. The state had recently come under scrutiny for voting laws that a federal court found targeted black people with “surgical precision”. | Hillary Clinton suffered a stunning defeat on Election Night, as many critical swing states like North Carolina went to Mr Trump. The state had recently come under scrutiny for voting laws that a federal court found targeted black people with “surgical precision”. |
| The Pelham-based Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan announced the 3 December on their website, although they did not mention the time or location. | The Pelham-based Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan announced the 3 December on their website, although they did not mention the time or location. |
| The announcement only refers to a “Victory Klavalkade Klan Parade” atop an illustrated portrait of Mr Trump. | The announcement only refers to a “Victory Klavalkade Klan Parade” atop an illustrated portrait of Mr Trump. |
| “Trump’s race united my people,” the site declares in all-caps. | “Trump’s race united my people,” the site declares in all-caps. |
| Former Klan leader David Duke – the former Louisiana state representative who earned an embarrassing loss in the state's Senate race – took credit for Mr Trump’s win to the help of white supremacists. | |
| “Make no mistake about it,” he tweeted, “our people played a HUGE role in electing Trump!” | “Make no mistake about it,” he tweeted, “our people played a HUGE role in electing Trump!” |
| The Southern Povery Law Centre catalogued the response of major white nationalist figures responding to the election results. | |
| Neo-Nazi and Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin celebrated with a prediction of what Mr Trump would bring to the White House. | |
| "Our Glorious Leader has ascended to God Emperor. Make no mistake about it: we did this. If it were not for us, it wouldn’t have been possible," he wrote. "[T]he White race is back in the game. And if we’re playing, no one can beat us. The winning is not going to stop." | |
| In September, researchers at George Washington University's Programme on Extremism found that white nationalists and neo-Nazis saw a massive surge on Twitter. According to the analysis, the number of neo-Nazis and white nationalists multiplied significantly between 2012 and 2016 – outperforming Isis by 600 per cent. | |
| The study also found that white supremacists on Twitter were "heavily invested" in Mr Trump's candidacy. | |
| Ms Clinton had previously rebuked Mr Trump for "taking hate groups mainstream". And once he prepares to take his place in the White House, prominent hate groups will now have a representative at the top of the US political ranks. |