Hillary reminded the public of her own deep ties to the Klan in 2010, during her disastrous stint as Secretary of State. She stepped up to publicly hail former Klansman — and West Virginia Senator — Robert Byrd as a “friend and mentor.” As a 24-year-old, Byrd joined the Klan because he feared having to fight World War II alongside “race mongrels,” along with with the “blackest specimen from the wilds.”