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Related: About this forumRepublicans Try to Fix Damage Scalise’s 2002 Speech Could Do in 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/us/politics/scalises-speech-to-white-supremacist-group-clouds-republicans-plans.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=1&smtyp=cur&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0WASHINGTON House Republican leaders, poised for a celebratory takeover of Congress next week, instead found themselves scrambling Tuesday to defuse a racially charged controversy over one lawmakers speech a decade ago to a white supremacist group.
After staying silent Monday when news broke that Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the third-ranking House Republican, had appeared before a group called the European-American Unity and Rights Organization, Speaker John A. Boehner and the majority leader, Representative Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday afternoon issued coordinated statements of support for Mr. Scalise, who acknowledged regret and said he had made a mistake.
More than a decade ago, Representative Scalise made an error in judgment, and he was right to acknowledge it was wrong and inappropriate, Mr. Boehner said, adding, He has my full confidence as our whip, and he will continue to do great and important work for all Americans.
The controversy erupted as Republicans were making a renewed effort to reach out to black voters. It threatened to cloud their agenda after capturing control of the Senate and adding to their House majority in last months election. Republicans anticipated using their new power to focus on economic growth and potentially find areas of common ground with President Obama, both elements of a broader push to demonstrate that the party can govern at a time when lawmaking in Washington has all but come to a halt...
Everybody there knew EURO was putting it on, and David Duke was the national president of EURO, said Corey Ortis, a Louisiana representative for the European-American Unity and Rights Organization from 2000 to 2004 who attended the conference. You dont go to a James Brown concert and not know its James Brown. It is what it is. But I can see why Steve Scalise would say he didnt remember very much.
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Republicans Try to Fix Damage Scalise’s 2002 Speech Could Do in 2016 (Original Post)
hue
Dec 2014
OP
I think we should offer a few bucks for the VCR tapes from all those speeches at hate groups.
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#4
“He has my full confidence as our whip, and he will continue to do great and important work for all
bearssoapbox
Jan 2015
#10
Skittles
(153,193 posts)1. repukes and their "mistakes"
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)5. like when mr CIA torture report called the man who died a 'mistake'.
marble falls
(57,204 posts)2. Too little too late. This is going to cost them.
66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)7. Oh, come on ...
I think we should cut Scalise some slack
After all, it's just damn hard to tell a KKK Rally from a GOP one.
1step
(380 posts)3. Time to Reverse-Benghazi the HELL out of them!
MSNBC, be relentless! (And boost your ratings in the process!)
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)4. I think we should offer a few bucks for the VCR tapes from all those speeches at hate groups.
plenty of recordings from those big 2 day meetings of nazis, kkk. probably lots of dusty boxes full of VCR tapes in peoples attics.
with todays face recognition software we'd OUT a lot of todays familiar faces.
marble falls
(57,204 posts)8. Not a bad idea. Using their technology on them.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)6. It'll be a badge of honor among party loyalists.
marble falls
(57,204 posts)9. But anathma to the rest of us.
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)10. “He has my full confidence as our whip, and he will continue to do great and important work for all
Americans."
Especially the white, rich Americans.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)11. Revise history /\ yrotsih esiveR