--- title: Donald Trump Campaign Denounces KKK Newspaper's Support description: "This publication is repulsive and their views do not represent the tens of millions of Americans who are uniting behind our campaign" canonical: https://time.com/4554829/trump-campaign-denounces-kkk-newspapers-support/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-02T15:26:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:34:33.940Z article:section: Politics og:title: The KKK's Newspaper's Has Endorsed Donald Trump og:description: Trump's campaign denounced the paper's support og:url: https://time.com/4554829/trump-campaign-denounces-kkk-newspapers-support/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt461399228a0f4062/6988acaaf887dca7cee980c6/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump And Mike Pence Campaign Together In Wisconsin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The KKK's Newspaper's Has Endorsed Donald Trump twitter:description: Trump's campaign denounced the paper's support twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt461399228a0f4062/6988acaaf887dca7cee980c6/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The KKK's Newspaper's Has Endorsed Donald Trump by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Nov 2, 2016 3:26 PM UTC  Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the W.L. Zorn Arena on Nov. 1, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the W.L. Zorn Arena on Nov. 1, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Nov 2, 2016 3:26 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4554576/donald-trump-trustworthy-hillary-clinton/)‘s campaign has denounced a [KKK newspaper ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/01/the-kkks-official-newspaper-has-endorsed-donald-trump-for-president/)that threw its support behind the [Republican nominee](http://time.com/4554479/clinton-trump-2016-election-dire-consequences/). The _Crusader_, a quarterly publication that calls itself “The Political Voice of White Christian America,” devoted its front page to Trump and his mission to “Make America Great Again,” editorializing that America was originally great because it was founded as “a White Christian Republic.” In an interview with the Washington _Post_, the author of the article, Pastor Thomas Robb, said it was not an official endorsement, “because, like anybody, there’s things you disagree with. But he kind of reflects what’s happening throughout the world. There seems to be a surge of nationalism worldwide as nationals reclaim their borders.” The Trump campaign released a statement on Tuesday night saying, “Mr. Trump and the campaign denounces hate in any form. This publication is repulsive and their views do not represent the tens of millions of Americans who are uniting behind our campaign.” Trump faced criticism earlier this year when he failed to disavow former [KKK](http://time.com/4240364/donald-trump-kkk-backlash/) grand wizard [David Duke](http://time.com/4514350/david-duke-donald-trump-senate-louisiana/), who showed support for the Republican nominee. In an interview with CNN, Trump plead ignorance of Duke, saying, “I don’t know—did he endorse me, or what’s going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists.” \[[_Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/01/the-kkks-official-newspaper-has-endorsed-donald-trump-for-president/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4554829/trump-campaign-denounces-kkk-newspapers-support/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4554829/trump-campaign-denounces-kkk-newspapers-support/"},"headline":"The KKK's Newspaper's Has Endorsed Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-11-02T15:26:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:34:33.940Z","description":"Trump's campaign denounced the paper's support","url":"https://time.com/4554829/trump-campaign-denounces-kkk-newspapers-support/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt461399228a0f4062/6988acaaf887dca7cee980c6/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt461399228a0f4062/6988acaaf887dca7cee980c6/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump And Mike Pence Campaign Together In Wisconsin","caption":"Donald Trump And Mike Pence Campaign Together In Wisconsin","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4554829/trump-campaign-denounces-kkk-newspapers-support/","name":"The KKK's Newspaper's Has Endorsed Donald Trump"}}]}] ```