Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) used a story about his grandfather and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) to help bolster his political career, which many believe includes a White House bid. In a sweeping Hollywood-like saga, Moore claimed that his great-grandfather, Rev. James Thomas, a minister in Winnsboro, South Carolina, was forced to flee the States with his family, including Moore’s grandfather, who was just a boy, and return to his native Jamaica after being threatened by the klan. Moore first shared the story in his 2014 memoir. Since then, he has repeated many times and used it to help shape a narrative to aid his political ambitions. In 2023, he told Time Magazine in an interview as ‘Person of the Week, “I am literally…
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