Rachel Maddow did a great job in illustrating how deeply entrenched the hate group Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) is within the Republican Party. Prominent Republican politicians including presidential candidates like Senator Rand Paul, Governor Scott Walker, and Senator Ted Cruz received contributions from this group. Have you ever wondered why politicians rarely vote for the well-being of the middle class?

The murders of nine innocent people in a massacre at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church by terrorist Dylann Roof shocked the nation. It shocked the Republican Party into action. Their continual pandering of the Southern Strategy may be at risk. Who would have believed that South Carolina would move as fast as it is moving to remove the scourge that is the Confederate flag. Who would have believed that Mississippi is contemplating changing its flag steeped in Confederate symbolism. Who would have believed that Walmart would remove all traces of anything Confederate from all of their stores.

It should not have taken the murders of nine good people to effect these changes. It was just a matter of time before the rhetoric by right-wing politicians, Fox News, and their hate groups would be the likely cause violent fatalities from the weak minded.

The Guardian conducted some long-overdue research on many Republicans being seeded by the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC).

Head below the fold to see the full Maddow clip and a list of all those Republicans getting CofCC money.