Monday, February 29, 2016

What does it say about the GOP that Trump is the white supremacists’ candidate? - The Washington Post

What does it say about the GOP that Trump is the white supremacists’ candidate? - The Washington Post

"Maybe the Republican Party cracked the seal on this kind of thing in 2014, when it elevated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) to the top tier of the House Republican leadership. Scalise, as a state legislator, once addressed a white supremacist convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization. He says he had no idea that it was a racist group, but a local reporter says he also told her at the time that Louisiana voters should think of him as “David Duke without the baggage.

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