Goodloe Sutton, the publisher of the Democrat-Reporter in Linden, Alabama, wrote an editorial last week calling for the return of the Ku Klux Klan
The publisher of a rural Alabama newspaper who penned an incendiary column pleading for the 'Ku Klux Klan to night ride again' is standing by his comments.
Goodloe Sutton, who publishes the Democrat-Reporter in Linden, defended his controversial piece published last week saying, 'Democrats have been terrible. The KKK are the nicest.'
Sutton, 80, sparked outrage when he shared the inflammatory editorial asking for the white supremacist group to rise again to squash Democrats in power in the February 14 issue of his paper.
He wrote he wished for 'the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again' against 'Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in America'.
Sutton reveals he doesn't regret sharing his controversial editorial.
'It got me about $10 million in free publicity. I know I would do it all over again,' he said to AL.com.
!['Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again’ against ‘Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in America,’ Sutton wrote in the editorial](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/19/06/9984620-6719607-image-a-76_1550557698180.jpg)
'Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again’ against ‘Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in America,’ Sutton wrote in the editorial
The Democrat-Reporter's office in Linden, Alabama pictured above
He added people missed the point of his piece.
'The point of the editorial was ironic in that all these years, the FBI and the Department of Justice have been investigating the Klan and now, that shoe is on the other foot. (The FBI and Justice Department) are doing wrong and the Klan needs to investigate them. That’s what the point of (the editorial) was. Not a lot of people understand irony
