[zimzam]

By the end of his career Robert Byrd was a repentant, former KKK member.

Trump is being embraced by current, active KKK members.

It is obtuse to pretend there's no difference between the two.

From your own Wikipedia link: "In his last autobiography, Byrd explained that he was a KKK member because he "was sorely afflicted with tunnel vision — a jejune and immature outlook — seeing only what I wanted to see because I thought the Klan could provide an outlet for my talents and ambitions."[23] Byrd also said, in 2005, "I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times ... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened."[13]"

[hueving]

>Trump is being embraced by current, active KKK members.

Being embraced by and embracing are very different things. There are statistically going to be child rapists that support both candidates, does that make them both child rapists?