They can't stop lying! Leftists revive false claim that Romney borrowed his campaign slogan from the KKK

First they claimed Mitt Romney said “I can relate to black people, my ancestors once owned slaves.”

Then they claimed Romney wants to get rid of Martin Luther King Day and called the holiday “irrelevant.”

Now they are claiming Romney’s campaign slogan, “Keep America American,” is identical to a slogan once used by the Ku Klux Klan:

https://twitter.com/Sam_Manilla/status/244996643752128512

https://twitter.com/US_RaylanGivens/status/244993531205259264

https://twitter.com/LaurenStrill/status/244987288105406466

https://twitter.com/_lexxlugar/status/244984856063385601

https://twitter.com/satanpoop/status/244983969546915841

Mitt Romney's slogan is "Keep America American." Same one used by the KKK in 1922.

— A-Rod (@AlexRoyy23) September 10, 2012

Find it disturbing that Mitt Romney's campaign slogan, "Keep America American", is the same slogan use by the KKK in 1922. #Obama2012

— Dodger Updates (@DodgerUpdates) September 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/ThelIluminati/status/243631184314245121

https://twitter.com/ReggieXXL/status/244980572965982208

https://twitter.com/Itzchop/status/244978522374930433

https://twitter.com/Ha_YouKnow/status/244976033114255361

https://twitter.com/Mrs_Tallulah/status/244973941247057921

@KissIt__ Romney said "keep america american" hmm does that sound familiar? KKK used that saying in the 1920' s … -_- f*ck Romney

— Χλοη (@C_CierraSmith) September 10, 2012

"@_yupitsash: Did anyone realize that Mitt,Romney's Slogan "Keep America American" is the same as the KKK's in 1922!?!! @So_Determined21

— Kayla (@ChuckxTaylor) September 10, 2012

This posting contains multiple, serious factual errors that undermine its premise. Mitt Romney is not using “Keep America American,” which was once a KKK slogan, as a catchphrase in stump speeches, as the posting and headline stated. In a YouTube video that the posting said showed Romney using the phrase, Romney actually used a different phrase, “Keep America America.” Further, the video that the blog posting labelled “Mitt Romney 2012 Campaign Ad” is not actually a Romney campaign ad. The video itself states “Mitt Romney does not actually support this ad.” The posting cited accounts of Romney saying “keep America American” at an appearance last week. Independent video from the event shows him saying “Keep America America.” The Post should have contacted the Romney campaign for comment before publication. Finally, we apologize that the posting began by saying “[s]omeone didn’t do his research” when, in fact, we had not done ours.

Even MSNBC host Chris Matthews, not known as an apologist for the Republican Party, called the Klan claim “irresponsible and incendiary.”

In recent years, only one former Klansman reached the top echelons of national politics. His name was Robert Byrd. He was the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate from 1977 to 1981 and 1987 to 1989. He died two years ago.

Of course, Byrd was a Democrat. Perhaps, then, the liberals who claim Romney is a secret Klan member or supporter are engaging in a form of projection.

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They can't stop lying! Leftists revive false claim that Romney borrowed his campaign slogan from the KKK

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