In the early 1940s Robert Byrd recruited 150 of his friends and associates to create a new chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Sophia, West Virginia…. In 1946 Byrd wrote the following to segregationist Mississippi Senator Theodore G. Bilbo:

“I shall never fight in the armed forces with a negro by my side… Rather I should die a thousand times and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”

“In 1946 Byrd wrote a letter to a Grand Wizard stating ‘The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation.’”

His portrait needs to be removed from the lobby of the capitol.

Here’s a list of all the places named after former Klansman and racist Robert Byrd that need to be removed if Democrats are going to be consistent: 

• Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center Marshall University in Huntington.
• Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston.
• Robert C. Byrd Auditorium National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown.
• Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center Marshall University in Huntington.
• Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory University in Morgantown
• Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Shepherd University in Shepherdstown
• Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education University of Charleston in Charleston
• Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health Marshall University in Huntington
• Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston
• Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope Green Bank
• Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center Princeton
• Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center Bethany College in Bethany
• Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center University in Morgantown
• Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division Charleston
• Robert C. Byrd High School Clarksburg
• Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center Bridgeport
• RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center South Charleston
• RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center Huntington
• RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center Rocket Center
• Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center Bridgeport
• Robert C. Byrd Library Wheeling
• Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center University of Charleston in Beckley
• Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center Eastern Community and Technical College in Moorefield
• Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center University in Morgantown
• Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center Rocket Center
• Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center Bridgeport (affiliated with Fairmont State University)
• Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling
• Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute Camp Dawson near Kingwood
• Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center Shepherd University in Shepherdstown
• Robert C. Byrd Technology Center Alderson — Broaddus College in Philippi
• Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
• Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex Rocket Center
• Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park Moorefield
• Robert C. Byrd Community Center Pine Grove
• Robert C. Byrd Community Center Sugar Grove
• Robert C. Byrd Rooms Office of the Senate Minority Leader State Capitol in Charleston
• Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building Beckley
• Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building Charleston
• Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution Hazelton
• Robert C. Byrd Clinic School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg
• Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran’s Hospital Huntington
• Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park Wheeling
• Robert C. Byrd Conference Center (also known as the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism) Davis & Elkins College in Elkins
• Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry
• The Robert C. Byrd Bridge crossing the Ohio River between Huntington and Chesapeake, Ohio.
• Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System Appalachian Development Highway System
• Robert C. Byrd Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Huntington and Chesapeake Ohio
• Robert C. Byrd Bridge Ohio County
• Robert C. Byrd Drive Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia
• Robert C. Byrd Expressway United States Route 22 near Weirton
• Robert C. Byrd Freeway United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston (also known as Corridor G)
• Robert C. Byrd Highway United States Route 48 between Weston and the Virginia state line near Wardensville (also known as Corridor H)
• Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77
• Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19 Birch River
• Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center Wheeling
• Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam Ohio River in Gallipo