So Scalise isn't a racist, he's just an incompetent, according to his allies. That's their line. He didn't know that David Duke was running a white nationalist conference. He was "poorly staffed." They did everything but say he can't read and write to explain this one. I'd almost say I don't believe them, but i'm not sure if Congressman Scalise is an incompetent fool or a racist, based on the conference that elected him the Whip of the GOP in the House:The 48-year-old Scalise, who ascended to the House GOP’s third-ranking post earlier this year, confirmed through an adviser that he once appeared at a convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization.That organization, founded by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, has been called a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.“Beyond hosting a Web site, whitecivilrights.com, and staging an occasional conference, EURO is a paper tiger, serving primarily as a vehicle to publicize Duke’s writing and sell his books,” the SPLC writes on its Web site.In a statement, Scalise’s spokesperson Moira Bagley emphasized that the then-state lawmaker was unaware at the time of the group’s ideology and its association with racists and neo-Nazi activists.
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.), who represents Staten Island, pleaded guilty last week to felony tax fraud, but has said that he will not resign, despite calls from Democrats that he step down. And Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) has been accused by a fired former staffer of creating a hostile work environment. The staffer has filed a lawsuit claiming the congressman “regularly drank to excess” and made sexually inappropriate comments to another co-worker.Well, at least Scalise isn't a felon yet, right? Honestly, no one is going to believe he didn't know who and what David Duke is all about. He should just put back on the hood and stop lying to us- we all know went on here.
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