A dubious replacement

GOP House leadership may regret replacing my Congressman Peter Roskam with Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise as GOP House Whip after news surfaced Scalise spoke at an international conference of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization headed by Nazi and former Klan leader David Duke. Scalise's office hedged on confirming the report but finally fessed up. Boy did they spin this confirmation like a ...top claiming Scalise was merely promoting his efforts to slash taxes on middle class families. As further evidence Scalise is unfit to be a House GOP leader, two years after speaking before the white supremacist group, Scalise was one of only a handful of Louisiana lawmakers to vote against the creation of a Martin Luther King Day.

Congressman Pete may not have done much, if anything, to promote racial understanding during his first 8 years in Congress as there aren't enough minorities in his district to spur his interest. But I'm pretty sure he's passed on speaking before white hate groups and never opposed the creation of Martin Luther King Day. The Republican clown car heading toward racial inclusion just blew an engine. We all knew Rep. Scalise was way out on the far right. Looks like he just fell over the edge.

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