In December 1988, he became a Republican and claimed to have become a born-again Christian, nominally renouncing antisemitism and racism.[7][8] He soon won his only elected office, a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He then ran unsuccessful but competitive campaigns for several more offices, including United States Senate in 1990 and governor of Louisiana in 1991.
You’re completely insane if you think David fucking Duke was serious when he said he “denounced racism” he literally ran on a campaign filled with racist messaging. He was at the unite the right rally in Charlottesville where he preached racist bullshit. Stop trying to defend David Duke holy good lord this is embarrassing