"Senator Byrd went from being an active member of the KKK to a being a stalwart supporter of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and many other pieces of seminal legislation that advanced the civil rights and liberties of our country."[1]
Does this really compare to Trump's support from the KKK and his resistance to rejecting them?
1: https://donate.naacp.org/press/entry/naacp-mourns-the-passin...