Letter: Republican Klan

Re: "Values Revealed" letter spoke of many things the Republicans fight against. A book by Timothy Egan “A Fever in the Heartland” terrified me with the parallel between the 1924 Grand Dragon DC Stephenson’s Indiana KKK and Trump’s MAGA. Both had thin sandy hair, a fleshy second chin, were well fed, well dressed, confident of their power. Both men claimed that they were the law. Both cried “witch hunt” when charged with crimes. Both threatened violence if things did not go their way. Both manipulated the Legislature by passing out ballots at their gatherings to show people who/what to vote for. Both admired dictators, studied Eugenics feeling that those not of strict Nordic stock were inferior, persecuted immigrants, Blacks, Catholics, Jews openly. Both claimed to be the party of Lincoln. The similarities are shocking and it's terrifying to watch as history repeats itself 100 years later under a different name.