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  • 2022-08-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Alabama GOP Group Post Elephant Photo with KKK Imagery? (en)
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  • On Aug. 19, 2022, we received mail from readers who asked about a rumor that said an Alabama Republican group apologized after posting a picture on Facebook that showed the GOP elephant with Ku Klux Klan (KKK) imagery. It was true that this happened. The day it happened was unclear, but it appeared to have been posted on or just before Aug. 17. The controversial picture was shared elsewhere on social media, including in the following tweet: The image posted by the Alabama group showed three KKK hoods between the legs of the GOP elephant. Black eyes had been added to make the blank space between the legs look like Klansmen. According to reporting from The Associated Press, the matter occurred on the Lawrence County Republican Party Facebook page. As of Aug. 19, the page appeared to have been at least temporarily removed, perhaps due to backlash from users who were angered by the news: According to History.com, the elephant is first believed to have been used as a Republican symbol in the 1860s during the American Civil War: Clara Jeffery, the editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, tweeted that the KKK version of the elephant logo had been commissioned by the magazine from freelance illustrator Woody Harrington in 2020: In sum, yes, a local Republican group in Alabama apologized after appearing to mistakenly post a picture of the GOP elephant with KKK imagery. (en)
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