White northeast Kansas official mentions 'master race' as black city planner speaks

View Klemp’s comments at the 1:35:00 mark of the meeting.


LEAVENWORTH — A white county commissioner in northeast Kansas said he belongs to “the master race” as he critiqued a land-use proposal by a black city planner at a board meeting.

Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp cited the Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy Tuesday in response to the presentation by Triveece Penelton on road development options in Tonganoxie, just west of Kansas City.

“I don’t want you to think I’m picking on you, because, we’re part of the master race,” Klemp told Penelton, as he brought his fingers to his own teeth. “You know you got a gap in your teeth, you’re the masters, don’t ever forget that.”

Klemp told KSHB-TV off camera that his comment was a joke.

Commissioner Robert Holland said he was shocked by the comments and that he wants Klemp to resign before his term ends Jan. 15.

Read more: https://www.cjonline.com/news/20181115/white-northeast-kansas-official-mentions-master-race-as-black-city-planner-speaks

And surprise, he is a Republican!


Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp (pictured) told black city planner Triveece Penelton: "We are part of the master race, don't you forget that." [Leavenworth Times]