Why The Klan Is Happy That the Economy is Bad
The Klu Klux Klan is making a big push to add members in the Philadelphia area and Delaware. And it’s using the economy as a recruiting tool.
Our Claudia Gomez spoke with Pennsylvania Klan leader Ben Johnson, who says the Klan has changed and isn’t violent. We also spoke with a man called “John” who leads the New Castle branch of the Klan.
Both men credit the bad economy with their resurgence.
But Johnson still espouses some traditional Klan values.
“The Jews are running our country. The blacks have a ghetto in every city in the country. Noboby can deny that,” he said. “I’m not going to go out and burn churches, and go out and hand somebody … we want to try to do it politically.”
Johnson said the Klan’s goals are to become a family-oriented group and a political group.