Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190807:18:52:00
30,000 fully-clad klans men in their robes and pointed hats marched down pennsylvania avenue, the streets of washington. imagine. imagine that today. and then the klan was once again beaten back as it was after the civil war. how? the courts. the press. yes, presidents stood against them. and that is the point. our institutions often end perfectly, stood against hate at moments when we've been most tested. american presidents have stepped up in the past. george h.w. bush renouncing his membership in the nra. president clinton, after oklahoma city. george w. bush going to a mosque after 9/11.