--- title: Donald Trump: David Duke Tells Followers to Support Trump description: Former KKK leader David Duke told his followers to support GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on his radio program Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/4237602/david-duke-donald-trump/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-25T18:18:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:23:28.541Z article:section: Politics og:title: Former KKK Leader Tells Followers to Vote for Donald Trump og:description: David Duke makes an endorsement og:url: https://time.com/4237602/david-duke-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former KKK Leader Tells Followers to Vote for Donald Trump twitter:description: David Duke makes an endorsement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Former KKK Leader Tells Followers to Vote for Donald Trump  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Feb 25, 2016 6:18 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Feb 25, 2016 6:18 PM UTC Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke [told his followers to support GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/david-duke-urges-his-supporters-to-volunteer-and-vote-for-tr#.lpBwxmQD9) on his radio program Wednesday. Duke, in remarks reported by _BuzzFeed_, said he does not support everything Trump has done, but that the billionaire presidential candidate is the best option. Voting for either Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio would be “treason to your heritage,” Duke said. “It is your job now to get active,” Duke said, encouraging his followers to volunteer for Trump. “Get off your duff. Get off your rear end.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4237602/david-duke-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4237602/david-duke-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Former KKK Leader Tells Followers to Vote for Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-02-25T18:18:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:23:28.541Z","description":"David Duke makes an endorsement","url":"https://time.com/4237602/david-duke-donald-trump/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4237602/david-duke-donald-trump/","name":"Former KKK Leader Tells Followers to Vote for Donald Trump"}}]}] ```