A former Ku Klux Klan leader running for Congress in Louisiana published a new book that says a revolution to “free” white people is “justified by the highest laws of Nature and God.” David Duke, who is running for the seat vacated by Republican Bob Livingston, was more outspokenly racist in the self-published book, “My Awakening,” than in prior attempts for higher office.
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