David Duke announces run for Senate

[Brickbat]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/22/david-duke-senate-run/87437334/

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke says he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.

Duke's announcement came Friday on his website.

A registered Republican, he would be seeking an open seat vacated by Republican David Vitter.

Duke's announcement comes as Louisiana is grappling with deep racial tensions after the shooting death of a black man by white police officers and the killing of three law enforcement officers by a black man.

A white supremacist, Duke served one term as a state representative representing suburban New Orleans more than two decades ago. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1991 against Democrat Edwin Edwards.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Donald Trump's legacy. nt

[rjsquirrel]

5. May be a democratic pickup for LA Sen! Eom

[bigwillq]

2. Yuck

[kwolf68]

3. True Republicans are now emboldened

[Initech]

4. Donald Trump is enabling the racists.

[maryellen99]

6. Some one is saying on KOS

That Trumps ground game is the Alt Right who are organized and highly motivated.

[Initech]

7. And that's scary no matter who you are.

[kwolf68]

8. Hillary campaign ad

Hillary already has two campaign ads she didn't need to pay for

1-Trump saying how great she is and how the Republicans are shitty for the economy

2-David Duke endorsing Donald Trump

She can probably cut back on her staff a little bit as the pro-hillary ads will probably just write themselves every time some righty kook opens his or her mouth.

[RussBLib]

10. nope. ya gotta keep hammering

and we cannot assume that "everyone knows" what we know.

[Cali_Democrat]

9. He feels emboldened by Trump's white supremacist rhetoric. nt

[CanonRay]

11. This is really good new for Dems

nothing like an avowed racist KKK member to sharpen the focus for the voters.

[ericson00]

13. it makes Trump's gameplaying even more fair game for TV ads

hell yea

[CanonRay]

15. Yes, this is "Trump's Coattails"

[dembotoz]

12. sure why not

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. Because he was overjoyed with Trump's speech:

David Duke
?@DrDavidDuke

Great Trump Speech, America First! Stop Wars! Defeat the Corrupt elites! Protect our Borders!, Fair Trade! Couldn't have said it better!

https://twitter.com/DrDavidDuke/status/756334475223638016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Duke is what Trump would have been without a millionaire father.

[Stinky The Clown]

16. And our crack media will treat him with respect and seriousness

[spanone]

17. donald trump has emboldened all the racists

[Nevernose]

18. Better title

"Former KKK Grand Wizard Announced Republican Candidacy for Senate"

But maybe KKK and Republican are redundant, so that's why the editors went the direction they did.