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(118,334 posts) Tue Sep 29, 2015, 07:22 AM Sep 2015

I exposed Steve Scalise’s white nationalist past — and yet he may become more powerful

As House GOP reshuffles leaders, congressman with David Duke ties may become second most powerful representative
TUESDAY, SEP 29, 2015 05:59 AM EDT
LAMAR WHITE JR.

Despite his denials, there is no conceivable way Rep. Steve Scalise did not know David Duke, the notorious white supremacist, was the leader of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO), the hate group that hosted the conference he attended in 2002.

In the wake of House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s expected promotion to speaker, Scalise, currently the House majority whip, is now running for majority leader, the second most powerful position in the U.S. House. Unsurprisingly, this means renewed attention to the scandalous revelation, first reported in late December by a blogger from Louisiana, that Scalise addressed an international conference of white supremacists when he was a state representative ...

In order to appreciate how completely implausible it would be for Scalise not to know of David Duke’s involvement and his role with the hate group EURO, one must first understand the unique and tiny universe of Republican politics in Scalise’s home: Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, which, perhaps not coincidentally, is also the home of David Duke ...

No matter what he says, Steve Scalise is not “David Duke without the baggage.” He has baggage, and if he is to become House majority leader, he should account for it, once and for all.

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/29/i_exposed_steve_scalises_white_nationalist_past_and_yet_he_may_soon_become_even_more_powerful/

The lyin racist shizzhead!

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