nuhuh
Gold Member
So a chance to heal the Speaker of the House position with someone rumored to have roots with the KKK. Good going Republicans dig your hole deeper and keep wondering why people call you the party of racists.
"House staff members, who asked not to be named because they are not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that Scalise is preparing a run for majority leader. And Jack Pandol, spokesman for Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, said his boss met with Scalise and pledged to support his candidacy for majority leader.
That means likely candidates for House speaker are current Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who has been leading a coalition of conservative members insisting that Boehner and other GOP leaders take a hard line on defunding Planned Parenthood, even it means a government shutdown.
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Scalise would likely have solid support for the speaker's post. He has largely rebounded, at least with the GOP membership, from negative news reports in late 2014 following revelations that he had spoken to members of a white supremacist group linked to David Duke in 2002 when he was a state representative. But it's also likely that some colleagues wouldn't want to make him the face of the House GOP leadership given that controversy."
Read more: Steve Scalise to run for House majority leader, sources say
"House staff members, who asked not to be named because they are not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that Scalise is preparing a run for majority leader. And Jack Pandol, spokesman for Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, said his boss met with Scalise and pledged to support his candidacy for majority leader.
That means likely candidates for House speaker are current Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who has been leading a coalition of conservative members insisting that Boehner and other GOP leaders take a hard line on defunding Planned Parenthood, even it means a government shutdown.
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Scalise would likely have solid support for the speaker's post. He has largely rebounded, at least with the GOP membership, from negative news reports in late 2014 following revelations that he had spoken to members of a white supremacist group linked to David Duke in 2002 when he was a state representative. But it's also likely that some colleagues wouldn't want to make him the face of the House GOP leadership given that controversy."
Read more: Steve Scalise to run for House majority leader, sources say