House Republicans pick Rep. Steve Scalise as speaker nominee
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Would you like another article the refutes the claim?
Again show the proof because I have provided multiple articles that call BS on the narrative.
Saddling Steve Scalise with David Duke’s baggage • Missouri Independent
Almost as soon as Kevin McCarthy lost his position as speaker of the U.S. House, attackers pivoted their artillery toward Steve Scalise.
missouriindependent.com
This is gold.Would you like another article the refutes the claim?
Again show the proof because I have provided multiple articles that call BS on the narrative.
Saddling Steve Scalise with David Duke’s baggage • Missouri Independent
Almost as soon as Kevin McCarthy lost his position as speaker of the U.S. House, attackers pivoted their artillery toward Steve Scalise.
What do you refute from the story posted from someone who was covering f Scalise at the time of the alleged incident Is he lying?
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We have a few posters who think this. Or the Democrats should vote for these clowns who will immediately turn on them.
This was the strain of thought especially among young Republicans. Which I was one at the time. Nothing Duke was pushing at the moment policy wise was incorrect or wrong. I'd compare to Louis Farrakhan and the million man march Imperfect messenger.
Scalsie simply wanted press or anything to break himself out of the pack. He probably felt the quote waa all about policy. I'm about the policies of lower spending and tax cuts etc. Thus I'm like David Duke without the KKK past. My guess it came off really bad and not as he intended. A politician with more experience wouldn't have been caught dead at a David Duke conference or rally etc.
At least she wasn't stroking a guy in public. Progress.
Pure trash as a person. So gross.
Based on the way she’s sucking on that lung dart, she probably just finished stroking a guy.
Howard Stern has a really good take on her. This lady should be dancing at a strip club. Not a representative in Congress. It does make u wonder how she got a 100000 loan from Ted Cruz to start her political career.
Regarding the potentially misattributed Duke quote, even if it was said, isn't it being misinterpreted?
It's saying David Duke without all the racist/KKK stuff. That probably describes most Republicans, especially today. The grievances, victimhood, culture wars, etc. Sure, race is still an issue, but not full blown racist/KKK stuff.
From coff's article:
"Duke spoke for lower-status whites who lacked a voice."
"Eventually, the political system delivered by transforming the GOP. It started with Ross Perot’s Reform Party constituency, which Newt Gingrich helped Republicans capture. The Tea Party Movement accelerated the process, followed by Trump — who may embody Duke stripped of the racist claptrap. The post-Trump GOP now dominates among those alienated middle-class workers, while bleeding educated suburbanites.
The latest incarnation of Trump Era Republicanism is the congressional Freedom Caucus, some of whom helped pull down McCarthy. Ironically, the founding chair of that group was not Scalise, but his Trump-endorsed rival for speaker, Jim Jordan.
Given the current state of the GOP, exactly what sin did Scalise commit? It was having the wisdom to sense, and the foolishness to articulate in an unguarded interview, where his party was headed."
It's saying David Duke without all the racist/KKK stuff. That probably describes most Republicans, especially today. The grievances, victimhood, culture wars, etc. Sure, race is still an issue, but not full blown racist/KKK stuff.
From coff's article:
"Duke spoke for lower-status whites who lacked a voice."
"Eventually, the political system delivered by transforming the GOP. It started with Ross Perot’s Reform Party constituency, which Newt Gingrich helped Republicans capture. The Tea Party Movement accelerated the process, followed by Trump — who may embody Duke stripped of the racist claptrap. The post-Trump GOP now dominates among those alienated middle-class workers, while bleeding educated suburbanites.
The latest incarnation of Trump Era Republicanism is the congressional Freedom Caucus, some of whom helped pull down McCarthy. Ironically, the founding chair of that group was not Scalise, but his Trump-endorsed rival for speaker, Jim Jordan.
Given the current state of the GOP, exactly what sin did Scalise commit? It was having the wisdom to sense, and the foolishness to articulate in an unguarded interview, where his party was headed."
Words and who u associate with matter. In the perception world. Don't hang with a KKK rep and u won't be mistaken with a KKK rep or having sympathy for them.
