ADL Expresses Concern Over David Duke's Link to Neo-Nazi Hate Group
New York, NY, December 21, 1998 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed
concern about David Duke’s links to the National Alliance (NA), an organization the
ADL termed "the single most dangerous organized hate group in the United States"
in a recently-published report.
According to a claim which appears on the extremist Internet hate site
"Stormfront," Duke announced his candidacy for the Congressional seat being
vacated by Republican Representative Robert Livingston while attending a National Alliance
event this past weekend in Tampa, Florida.
The National Alliance is the largest and most active neo-Nazi organization in the
nation, with 16 active cells from coast to coast and a reported membership of 1,000. In
the last three years, there has been evidence of National Alliance activity in no fewer
than 26 states.
Duke, former Klan leader and founder of the National Association for the Advancement of
White People, has taken advantage of speaking venues provided for him by the National
Alliance. In the past two years, he has reportedly appeared at no less than four National
Alliance meetings.
According to a National Alliance leader in Tampa, the NA "hired" Duke to
"increase the visibility of the organization and to recruit new members."
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
