“Tearing them (the monuments and the confederate flag) down is a symbolic genocide of the White race.”

The Ku Klux Klan wants to rally in Charlottesville. Now this college town is on edge again.

The Washington Post  Michael E. Miller

IF YOU LET "ANTIFA", "BLACK LIVES MATTER", "ANTI-TRUMP GROUPS", "PUSSYHAT PROJECT"  DEMONSTRATE, THEN HOW CAN YOU DISALLOW THE "KKK",AFTER ALL IT IS A "DEMOCRATIC PARTY ORGANIZATION" !!!!
© Allison Wrabel/AP Protesters gather in front of a contested statue of Robert E. Lee in a park named for the Confederate general in Charlottesville on May 13. (Allison Wrabel/The Daily Progress via AP)

When torch-wielding white nationalists gathered in front of a Confederate statue in downtown Charlottesville, Va., last month, Mayor Michael Signer worried that the event harkened back to “the days of the KKK.”

That warning has now become prophecy.

On Monday, city officials said the the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan had applied to hold a rally near the statue on July 8.

A city spokeswoman said the permit would likely be approved.

“People have a constitutional right to assemble,” said director of communications Miriam Dickler.

© Fenit Nirappil/The Washington Post/Fenit Nirappil/The Washington Post

Protesters shouted as Virginia gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart gave interviews to local television stations about his opposition to removing a Robert Lee statue…

Signer condemned the KKK rally, but also called on people to ignore it.

“This rump, out-of-state chapter of a totally discredited organization will succeed in their aim of inciting controversy only if folks take their putrid bait, and that begins with the media,” he wrote in an email to The Washington Post. “I encourage everyone to ignore this ridiculous sideshow and to focus instead on celebrating the values of diversity and tolerance that have made Charlottesville a world-class city.”

But the town famous for the University of Virginia, a campus conceived of and designed by Thomas Jefferson, is already on edge.

In addition to the proposed KKK rally, a right-wing group known as Unity and Security for America has also applied for a permit to host a rally on August 12. The applications were filed on May 24 and 30, respectively, and were first reported by The Daily Progress.

Unity and Security for America is led by Jason Kessler, a local blogger who was recently fired by conservative website The Daily Caller for his support for white supremacist groups.

On Monday night, news of the proposed rallies dominated a city council meeting that was supposed to center on municipal bonds.

When Kessler approached the podium to speak, protesters flipped him the bird and sang “F--- white supremacy” until Signer had to suspend the meeting. Police had to forcibly remove at least one protester.

Charlottesville has become an unlikely front in a nationwide battle over Confederate flags and monuments.

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