Donald J. Trump
She is the most corrupt
PAY TO PLAY! 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million.

Donald J. Trump

MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI STATEMENT ON LATEST CLINTON FOUNDATION DONOR SCANDAL: (New York, NY) – Former New York City Mayor and U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani today released the following statement on the Associated Press’ analysis revealing that 55 percent of Hillary Clinton’s non-government meetings while at the State Department were Clinton Foundation donors whose contributions totaled at least $156 million: “From the facts revealed to-date, it is impossible to figure out where the Clinton Foundation ends and the State Department begins. It is now abundantly clear that the Clintons set up a business to profit from public office. They sold access and specific actions by and to them for money. This makes a mockery of her promise to Congress and the President to keep the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton State Department entirely separate. In other words, they merged the two into the Clinton Family racketeering enterprise. The need for a Special Prosecutor to investigate these apparent crimes mounts with every passing day and the revelation of new sets of e-mails and phone logs. I’m sure all we’ve seen is the tip of the iceberg and there will be more to follow.” -Rudy Giuliani

Donald J. Trump

President Obama should have gone to Louisiana days ago, instead of golfing. Too little, too late!

Wow crowd!
#Trumptain

.#MakeAmericaGreatAgain

The hispanic support

Donald J. Trump in Akron, Ohio.
This is a MOVEMENT! A movement to take back our country,
and MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN! Thank you for a fabulous
evening, OHIO!

Wow

Donald J. Trump
I have been saying it from the beginning. Obamacare is a total disaster! Another major health insurer is pulling their coverage. If I am elected your next President, I will repeal & replace Obamacare- IMMEDIATELY!

stanech:


Donald J. Trump

She is the most corrupt

PAY TO PLAY! 85 donors contributed as much as $156
million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and
20 gave more than $1 million.

Your boss donated over 100k to the Foubdation when she was Secretary of State,does that mean he also needed a favor??

ValerianSteel:
Your boss donated over 100k to the Foubdation when she was Secretary of State,does that mean he also needed a favor??

Why replying the know nothing Bozo. We will put Tramp and his circus clown carnival barkers out of their misery in the late hours on November 8 when the results comes in from Golden State that Madam Hillary is the President Elect.

ValerianSteel:
Your boss donated over 100k to the Foubdation when she was Secretary of State,does that mean he also needed a favor??

who owns the scam foundation? Who do we investigate now? The owner or the donor?

you are trying to scold a man for donating to a sham foundation and at the same time defending the owner of the foundation. typical liberal mentality

stanech:



who owns the scam foundation? Whom do we investigate now? The owner or the donor?

Are you trying to scold a man for donating to a sham foundation and at the same time defend the owner of the foundation. typical liberal logic

Trump's donation was the highest charitable donation he has ever made because he recognized the foundation as doing great work.He has praised the work the foundation does around the globe in helping millions of people including the 11million people who receive HIV/AIDS drugs through the Clinton Foundation.

A sham foundation that has an A rating from Charity Watch,a sham foundation that has been praised by many republicans including McCain,Jeb Bush and a whole league of others.A sham foundation that is improving the lives of millions of children in Africa.

There's been a lot of conspiracy theories in this election cycle,dragging the foundation into it is out rightly ridiculous as there is no proof and neither will any proof surface to back the allegations of pay to play.

While we are on this topic of "pay to play".How about we pay attention to our republican congressmen bought off by the gun lobby that have consistently watched and done nothing about the 33,000 Americans killed due to gun violence yearly.

How about we question defense lobbyist who pay off our congressmen to get defense contracts?

Let's discuss the big pharma and their hold on some congressmen and women allowing them to rip off millions of Americans with expensive drugs like the epipen revelations we just witnessed.

If you want to discuss pay for play,let's go to where it has actually been documented and evidence to prove this over the years not a foundation that has taken money from the rich to help the poor worldwide.

The foundation and the Clinton's are good people until it's an election year and the Rathuglicons are out of talking points.

BTW,Stanech this wasn't for you,I know you are brain dead and wouldn't understand a word I wrote here.This is for people with clear and right thinking minds who can discern the election shenanigans pulled by the Trump campaign.

ValerianSteel:
Trump's donation was the highest charitable donation he has ever made because he recognized the foundation as doing great work.He has praised the work the foundation does around the globe in helping millions of people including the 11million people who receive HIV/AIDS drugs through the Clinton Foundation.

A sham foundation that has an A rating from Charity Watch,a sham foundation that has been praised by many republicans including McCain,Jeb Bush and a whole league of others.A sham foundation that is improving the lives of millions of children in Africa.

There's been a lot of conspiracy theories in this election cycle,dragging the foundation into it is out rightly ridiculous as there is no proof and neither will any proof surface to back the allegations of pay to play.

While we are on this topic of "pay to play".How about we pay attention to our republican congressmen bought off by the gun lobby that have consistently watched and done nothing about the 33,000 Americans killed due to gun violence yearly.

How about we question defense lobbyist who pay off our congressmen to get defense contracts?

Let's discuss the big pharma and their hold on some congressmen and women allowing them to rip off millions of Americans with expensive drugs like the epipen revelations we just witnessed.

If you want to discuss pay for play,let's go to where it has actually been documented and evidence to prove this over the years not a foundation that has taken money from the rich to help the poor worldwide.

The foundation and the Clinton's are good people until it's an election year and the Rathuglicons are out of talking points.

BTW,Stanech this wasn't for you,I know you are brain dead and wouldn't understand a word I wrote here.This is for people with clear and right thinking minds who can discern the election shenanigans pulled by the Trump campaign.

The problem with you dems is that you can't make your point without insulting or belittling your opponent the same apply to your god Killiery.
My advice to you is that you get ready for Trumps Presidency. Idiot

Lucasbalo:
Why replying the know nothing Bozo. We will put Tramp and his circus clown carnival barkers out of their misery in the late hours on November 8 when the results comes in from Golden State that Madam Hillary is the President Elect.

They've run out of talking points and are spinning anything they can lay their hands on.

Kellyane Conway his new Campaign Manager claimed the crowds at Trump's rally are nothing compared to Hillary's,which is true,she then claimed those crowds will equal votes for Trump.Last I checked,people love entertainers,Hillary is not known to be one,Bernie Sanders is a political entertainer,he knows how to get the people hyped with nice speeches and all,yet he lost by 4million actual votes.

If that wasn't enough,she also claimed Trump supporters are lying to pollsters about who they are voting for because they fear backlash.Excuse me,these are anonymous pollsters who have no idea who you are,doesn't it say something when they don't want to be identified with their candidate even to an anonymous pollster.Isn't that a sign that Trump is a divisive candidate that has no place running for the Presidench of the United States.

The polls are amazing cause they are real,they've always been real and not rigged.Trump led in national polls just for a week after his convention,Hillary had pretty much been in the lead since she announced her candidacy,she led him all through the primaries of both parties and she still does now,that's a signal that actual people have been supporting her and still support her.

Isn't it interesting that she opened a 10point lead over Trump since our convention till now even despite the attacks on her campaign.

Also interesting,they are both tied in South Carolina,that's unbelievable and refreshing.Trump has been a mess to his party and he's dragging Congressional candidates down with him.Hillary is up in close to 40 districts that Democrats are putting up a tight competitive race,if these districts vote Blue for president,they may be inclined to vote blue down ballot,even the house is in play at the moment.We need a blue congress.

I really can't wait for his concession speech that's if he decides to accept defeat.

stanech:


The problem with you dems is that you can't make your point without insulting or belittling your opponent the same apply to your god Killiery.
My advice to you is that you get ready for Trumps Presidency. Idiot

Says a supporter of the party of bigoted racist and xenophobes whose leader has the 'best words' for insulting people.#Facepalm

ValerianSteel:
They've run out of talking points and are spinning anything they can lay their hands on.

Kellyane Conway his new Campaign Manager claimed the crowds at Trump's rally are nothing compared to Hillary's,which is true,she then claimed those crowds will equal votes for Trump.Last I checked,people love entertainers,Hillary is not known to be one,Bernie Sanders is a political entertainer,he knows how to get the people hyped with nice speeches and all,yet he lost by 4million actual votes.

If that wasn't enough,she also claimed Trump supporters are lying to pollsters about who they are voting for because they fear backlash.Excuse me,these are anonymous pollsters who have no idea who you are,doesn't it say something when they don't want to be identified with their candidate even to an anonymous pollster.Isn't that a sign that Trump is a divisive candidate that has no place running for the Presidench of the United States.

The polls are amazing cause they are real,they've always been real and not rigged.Trump led in national polls just for a week after his convention,Hillary had pretty much been in the lead since she announced her candidacy,she led him all through the primaries of both parties and she still does now,that's a signal that actual people have been supporting her and still support her.

Isn't it interesting that she opened a 10point lead over Trump since our convention till now even despite the attacks on her campaign.

Also interesting,they are both tied in South Carolina,that's unbelievable and refreshing.Trump has been a mess to his party and he's dragging Congressional candidates down with him.Hillary is up in close to 40 districts that Democrats are putting up a tight competitive race,if these districts vote Blue for president,they may be inclined to vote blue down ballot,even the house is in play at the moment.We need a blue congress.

I really can't wait for his concession speech that's if he decides to accept defeat.

Spot on. I am not worried about his concession speech, I just want the Racist One to go away. He could go back to running his Scam Tramp University. He's a con man for all I care. Tired of seeing his bigoted face on my TV screen.

Mr Tramp was appealing to Latinos and Blacks in front of overwhelming white crowd. That's a subliminally way of sending message to his bigoted fans. He won't address the NAACP or The Urban League when he was invited. His days of uttering that vile and ignorant words will end on November 9.

True

Donald J. Trump I had a great meeting with African-American and Latino leaders this morning at Trump Tower in NYC. I am grateful for their time, feedback, and support.

Factoring in RCP polls, and presidential polls, I believe the Dems will only control the Senate by 51-49. I don't see how Dems will hold 55 or 60 seats in the next Senate.

With 51 seats, Hillary's executive would easily pass, but potential Supreme Court nominees would have a hard time being confirmed cos it's still 60 votes required to confirm a SC nominee.

Interestingly, 63% of Democrats are in support of voter ID laws..that's according to Gallup

CFCman:
Interestingly, 63% of Democrats are in support of voter ID laws..that's according to Gallup

Because it shouldnt be a controversy. If you have to fly a plane and buy beer with your ID. you should be able to show one before you vote

Donald J. Trump DONALD J. TRUMP ADDRESSES CLINTON CORRUPTION AND HER SABOTAGE OF THE INNER CITIES It is so great to be back in New Hampshire. I have developed such deep affection for this state and for its people. My first victory took place here. Over the next 74 days, we are all going to work very hard together to win this state – just like we did in the primaries – and to win the White House for the American people. Our victory is going to be a victory for the great majority of Americans whose voice has not been heard. Year after year, we live under a Washington regime that ignores your demands, rejects your cries for help, and that always puts your needs last. The real divide in this election is not between left and right, but between everyday working people and a corrupt political establishment that works only for itself. This election is a chance for the great majority of decent citizens to end the rule of a small group of special interests and to return that power to the voters. Hillary Clinton believes only in government of, by and for the powerful. I am promising government of, by and for the people. In this fight, we are taking on some very entrenched and well-financed interests. These are the same people who pay Hillary $10,000 dollars a minute for a speech. These special interests are the same people who own the newspapers that cover-up her crimes. These are the Wall Street firms who paid Hillary Clinton a quarter of a million dollars each time she delivered her secret remarks. They are the same people who paid Bill and Hillary Clinton over $150 million dollars for speeches since Bill left the Oval Office – and who donated countless millions more to the Clinton Foundation. But, you have the power, with your vote, to defeat those special interests and put the people back in charge once more. This has been a historic week in American politics. The voters have always known that our leadership in Washington D.C. is corrupt, and that the system is very badly rigged. But this week the curtain was lifted. The corruption was revealed for all to see. The veil was pulled back on a vast criminal enterprise run out of the State Department by Hillary Clinton. As the Associated Press documented, more than half of the meetings Hillary Clinton took as Secretary of State with people outside government were Foundation donors. Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff received more messages from the Clinton Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer than just about anyone else. 85 donors alone that she met with as Secretary gave the Foundation $156 million dollars. On top of that, Bill Clinton’s total speaking fees rose 44% while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State – often raking in money from people who had business or matters before the State Department. As I said weeks ago, Hillary Clinton ran the State Department like a personal hedge fund. It is hard to tell where the Clinton Foundation ended, and where the State Department began. Access and favors were sold for cash. It’s called Pay-For-Play. Over and over and over, people who donated to the Clinton Foundation – or who gave money to Bill Clinton – got favorable treatment from Hillary Clinton’s State Department. The examples are too many to name here in full, and I’ve gone over some in recent days. They include the deal to sell 20% of U.S. Uranium to Russia, or the favorable treatment for UBS. It includes the exemption of Telecom Giant Ericsson from government sanctions. It includes efforts to put a Foundation donor – with no national security experience – onto a highly-sensitive national security panel with access to top secret information. It includes Foundation donors getting lucrative contracts in Haiti – all while the people of Haiti suffered horribly. But these examples are only the tip of the Clinton Corruption iceberg. Hillary Clinton’s actions constitute all of the elements of a major criminal enterprise. She created a private illegal email server in order to hide her corrupt dealings. She did so knowing full well it would put American lives at risk by making classified information highly vulnerable to foreign hacking. But, she didn’t care – as long as it helped her get away with her crime, no risk to America was too great. Then, to further cover-up her crime, she deleted 33,000 emails to keep them out of the hands of authorities and the American public. As a further element of the criminal cover-up, she claimed under penalty of perjury that she turned over all of her work related emails. We now know this to be one more massive Clinton lie. The FBI found thousands of work-related emails she failed to turn over, including the new discovery this week of 15,000 more work-related emails she failed to disclose. What is being uncovered now is one of the most shocking scandals in American political history. A Secretary of State sold her office to corporations and foreign governments, betraying the public trust – putting innocent lives in danger – and then she went to great lengths to hide, delete, destroy and lie about the evidence. Just like her lie that she never sent any material marked classified. Lie after lie after lie. This is the corruption we expect to see in a Third World country – but not in America. Just imagine the damage to our security, to our integrity, to our standing in the world, if Hillary Clinton is allowed to sell the Oval Office the same way she sold her office as Secretary of State. We cannot let this happen. We must vote on November 8th to keep the American government from being sold to the highest bidder. Vote to save your country. Vote to protect your family. Vote for honesty, integrity and accountability. Now, as all of these revelations have been discovered this week, Hillary Clinton has been in hiding. But today, she emerges. However, she is emerging not to take responsibility for her unethical and criminal conduct, but instead to make one of the most brazen attempts at distraction in the history of politics. Now, I have not seen Hillary Clinton’s remarks. And, in a sense, I don’t want to dignify them by dwelling on them too much, but a response is required for the sake of all decent voters she is trying to smear. The news reports are that Hillary Clinton is going to try to accuse this campaign, and the millions of decent Americans who support this campaign, of being racists. It’s the oldest play in the Democratic playbook. When Democratic policies fail, they are left with only this one tired argument. It’s the last refuge of the discredited politician. They keep going back to this same well, but the well has run dry. This is the year that the people who have been betrayed by Democratic policies, including millions of African-American and Hispanic-American citizens, reject the politicians who have failed them and vote for change. As I’ve discussed for many days now, Democratic politicians have run nearly every inner city in America for fifty or sixty years or more. Their policies have produced only more poverty, joblessness, and failing schools. Every policy Hillary Clinton supports is a policy that has failed and betrayed communities of color in this country. But she just doesn’t care – she’s too busy raking in cash from the people rigging the system. Nearly 4 in 10 African-American children live in poverty. 58% of African-American youth are not working. More than 2,700 people have been shot in Chicago this year alone. These are the consequences of Hillary Clinton’s policies. She has brought nothing but pain and heartache to our inner cities. On top of that, she wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent. We should be helping these businesses to grow and expand – but Hillary Clinton is trying to shut them down. She opposes school choice. She supports open borders that violate the civil rights of African-Americans by giving their jobs to people here unlawfully. She supports trade policies that have closed factories in African-American communities and put millions of African- Americans out of work. She supports radical regulations that put Americans out of work and raise the price of their energy bills. She supports policies on crime that make communities less safe, and that make it harder to raise your children in security and peace. I believe every single parent in this country – and especially in the inner cities – has the right to raise their kids in safety. This is one of the great civil rights issues of our time. But Hillary Clinton doesn’t want to talk about any of this. She can’t defend her record. She doesn’t have one single proposal that hasn’t been tried and failed. She doesn’t have one idea that does anything but destroy jobs for African- American and Hispanic citizens – and all citizens – in our country. So what does she do when she can’t defend her record? She lies, she smears, she paints decent Americans as racists. She bullies voters, who only want a better future, and tries to intimidate them out of voting for change. As I discussed yesterday, these are the same tactics the establishment powers used to try to scare the British people out of voting for change too. It didn’t work there. It won’t work here. The American people are ready to vote for freedom, opportunity and justice. They are ready to take back control of their own futures. It’s time the Clintons were held accountable for their inappropriate conduct. According to the book Game Change, Bill Clinton said about President Barack Obama that “a few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee.” And we’ve all seen the cringe-worthy comments from Hillary Clinton, which I won’t get into here but we all know what they are. Here’s the important point though that I want to get across today. Hillary Clinton isn’t just attacking me, she’s attacking all the people who support our movement. We can’t let that stand. Voters are used to the old game where failed politicians like Hillary Clinton falsely smear Republicans with charges of racism. Republicans then back down. Democrats then continue to push policies that are devastating to communities of color. We must break this corrupt cycle. And we are going to break it beginning today. So let me make some very clear statements before this whole country. First, on the border. People who want their laws enforced and respected, and who want their border secured, are not racists. They are patriotic Americans of all backgrounds who want their jobs protected and their country kept safe. I will never apologize for pledging to enforce and uphold every single law of the United States, and to make my immigration priority defending and protecting American citizens above every other single consideration. We will end illegal immigration and we will restore the Constitutional rule of law. Next, on national security. People who speak out against Radical Islam, and who warn about refugees, are not Islamophobes. They are decent American citizens who want to uphold our values as a tolerant society, and who want to keep the terrorists out of our country. If the choice is between saving lives – or appeasing politically-correct censors in Washington D.C., that is the easiest choice I will ever have to make. I will always choose saving American lives. Now, on crime. People who support the police, and who want crime reduced, are not prejudiced. They are concerned and loving citizens whose hearts break every time an innocent child is lost to preventable violence. There is no compassion in tolerating crime, and poisonous drug dealing, and the killings in our streets. I will work to dismantle the criminal gangs and cartels and to liberate our poorest citizens from crime and violence and poverty and fear. To Hillary Clinton, and to her donors and advisors, pushing her to spread her smears and her lies about decent people, I have three words. I want you to hear these words, and remember these words: Shame On You. When you are like the Clintons, getting $69 million dollars in political contributions from Wall Street and Big Banks, it is easy to look down on the so-called little people. It’s easy to ignore the devastation caused by our open borders when you spend all your time with wealthy donors and Hollywood celebrities. It is easy to ignore the heartfelt concerns of communities about Radical Islam entering our country, when you spend your time hanging out with foreign dictators in their lavish palaces. And it is easy, no doubt, for Hillary Clinton to turn a blind eye to the ravages of crime, when she has her own personal armed security force. This is how the system is rigged. For decades, the American people have demanded that their immigration laws be enforced and that their jobs be protected from out-of-control immigration. But the special interests, who only want cheap labor, have stopped it from happening. For years, the American people have worried about letting Radical Islam spread within our shores, but the elites – who only want to raise more money from global corporations – ignore the concerns of the American voters. For fifty years, people living in our inner cities have suffered under a failed policy regime. But the Democratic politicians – who only want to please media executives and Wall Street donors – do nothing but expand the hurt and the suffering. It is time for a new day to dawn in America. On November 8th, we will end the rule of special interests – and we will begin the rule of the people. I am asking for your vote so that we can break free from the failures of the past and create a New American Future. I am asking for your vote so that we can achieve amazing things for the American people. I am asking for the vote of every African-American, and Hispanic-American, who wants a better future – a future that begins with jobs, jobs and more jobs. We will fix our disastrous trade deals and stand up to countries that cheat. We will lower taxes and create millions of new jobs as a result. We will unleash an American energy revolution. We will eliminate job-killing regulations. We will repeal and replace job-killing Obamacare. We will enforce our immigration laws, and we will put rules in place that hire American workers first. We will end the era of nation-building, and instead work in partnership with our allies to crush and destroy ISIS. We will keep Radical Islamic Terrorism out of our country. We will promote the values of tolerance, justice and acceptance. We will steadfastly reject bigotry and hatred and oppression in all of its forms. America will be one nation – united in common purpose and common dreams. Our citizens will proudly promote our values and our system of government as the best in the world – and we will do so without apology. Together, We Will Make America Prosperous Again. We Will Make America Proud Again. We Will Make America Safe Again. Friends, citizens and fellow Americans: We Will Make America Great Again. Thank you, and God Bless! Donald J. Trump

Donald J. Trump

Under a Trump presidency, America will be one nation – united in common

CFCman:
Factoring in RCP polls, and presidential polls, I believe the Dems will only control the Senate by 51-49. I don't see how Dems will hold 55 or 60 seats in the next Senate.

With 51 seats, Hillary's executive would easily pass, but potential Supreme Court nominees would have a hard time being confirmed cos it's still 60 votes required to confirm a SC nominee.

All we need is a majority,it doesn't have to much,also in the House which is unlikely we take back,having more seats close enough to Republican totals will do just fine.

stanech:
True

When did republicans starts caring about women and gays,I missed that memo.

Again,foreign donations to the Clinton foundation have gone into helping the poor around the globe,neither Hillary or Bill have drawn salaries from it.Unlike most charities they have a transparency policy which discloses the list of every donor,there's well documented evidence of how money is received and how money is spent,if the foundation was corrupt as republicans would make you think,they'd be talking from this angle,directing their criticisms on how the foundation's money is spent.

They can't do that cause they know the money goes into good work,instead they'd rather grab at straws and bogus headlines of foreign donations to the foundation and big donors cause they have nothing,no evidence of corruption on the foundation or evidence of 'pay for play' on Hillary.

Again,that wasn't meant for you Stanech.

Although I wish Jill Stein, the Green Party nominee for president, would be on the ballot in every state, the US Supreme Court has foreclosed any potential suit she may institute to compel states to include her in their ballots.

The Supreme Court, in Munro v Socialist Workers Party (1986), has found that the interest of running an efficient election supports a requirement that candidates obtain a reasonable number of signatures to get on the ballot.

Nigel Farage: Nothing is going to change if Clinton wins

stanech:
Nigel Farage: Nothing is going to change if Clinton wins

Nigel?Himself and Boris Johnson should go an hide their faces in shame..Why did they step down from the Prime-minister Position especially that Ugly Fat Face Boris Johnson?They knew what they are into and they had to run away..A Woman had to take position..By the time Article 50 is triggered,UK will be in Soup..A yeye Man campaigning for he's fellow yeye Man

stanech:
Donald J. Trump


Under a Trump presidency, America will be one nation –
united in common

ToiletPaper you mean?.

Fact 1: The Democrats opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It was passed by the Republican Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson, who had been a Democrat before joining Lincoln's ticket in 1864. The law was designed to provide blacks with the right to own private property, sign contracts, sue and serve as witnesses in a legal proceeding. Fact 2: The Democrats opposed the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution. The 13th banned slavery. The 14th effectively overturned the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision (made by Democratic pro-slavery Supreme Court justices) by guaranteeing due process and equal protection to former slaves. The 15th gave black Americans the right to vote. Fact 3: The Democrats created the "Jim Crow laws". These were the post-Civil War laws passed enthusiastically by Democrats that segregated public schools, public transportation, restaurants, rest rooms and public places in general (everything from water coolers to beaches). The reason Rosa Parks became famous is that she sat in the "whites only" front section of a bus, the "whites only" designation the direct result of Democrats. Fact 4: Democrats largely formed the Ku Klux Klan, which, according to Columbia University historian Eric Foner, became "a military force serving the interests of the Democratic Party." Fact 5: Three-fourths of the opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Bill in the U.S. House came from Democrats. 80% of the "nay" vote in the Senate came from Democrats. The opposition included future Democratic Senate leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia (a former Klan member) and Tennessee Senator Albert Gore Sr., father of Vice President Al Gore. Fact 6: The Democratic Convention of 1924 is known to history as the "Klanbake." The 103-ballot convention was held in Madison Square Garden. Hundreds of delegates were members of the Ku Klux Klan, the Klan so powerful that a plank condemning Klan violence was defeated outright. To celebrate, the Klan staged a rally with 10,000 hooded Klansmen in a field in New Jersey directly across the Hudson from the site of the convention. Attended by hundreds of cheering convention delegates, the rally featured burning crosses and calls for violence against African-Americans and Catholics.