A Ku Klux Klan women’s group that reportedly passed out recruitment cards during a Halloween parade in a Pennsylvania town denied putting the promotional material in a child’s candy bucket.

News of the Women of Ku Klux Klan’s presence at a parade in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, sparked outrage in the community and drew massive attention on social media after a couple who said they found an advertisement for the group in a bucket their five-year-old daughter used to collect candy at the event.

In a statement to WHP, the organization’s commander confirmed the group passed out recruitment materials to locals, but said they never handed any of those materials to children.

“Some ladies have reached out and said they saw your local news story about a W.K.K.K. card that was supposedly put into

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