NBC News -- Goodloe Sutton, publisher of the Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, Alabama, confirmed on Monday that he was the author of an editorial calling for the Klu Klux Klan to night ride against "Democrats in the Republican party and Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes."
The editorial titled, "Klan needs to ride again," ran in a printed edition of the Democrat-Reporter on February 14. When reporters with the Montgomery Advertiser asked Sutton to elaborate on his statements, he responded:
"We'll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them."
In response to the editorial, Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala. tweeted "I have seen what happens when we stand by while people - especially those with influence - publish racist, hateful views. Words matter. Actions matter. Resign now!"
