GOP closes ranks around Scalise

[LiberalElite]

Source: The Hill

"House GOP leaders are closing ranks around Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), defending him from calls for his resignation after he admitted speaking to a white supremacist group in 2002. "

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/228293-gop-closes-ranks-around-scalise

[randys1]

1. Why would they do anything else? They are all racist scum

[big_dog]

3. the weeper of the house needs all the re-election votes within his caucus he can get for Jan 6

and he will do anything to hold on to his power

[forest444]

2. Of course they are.

Someone like Scalise is the true face of today's GOP, after all.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. That was predictably was it not.

Optics and Images,sound bites,now you understand todays Rethug Party. Not a single one will deviate from their 3X5 cue cards. Only way we find out these things is via the net. Sure as hell won't be the so called media. The fix is in.

[notadmblnd]

6. Well duhhhhh.. they can't deviate, they're all being blackmailed.

[notadmblnd]

5. Boy, that David Duke must have the deep doodoo on all of them?

Republicans rally around white supremacist after being threatened exposure by former grand wizard of the KKK

[C_U_L8R]

7. When the GOP rallies in support of the KKK

Don't stop them.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. Please GOP keep the friend of anti-semites and racists as the face of your party

It's such a good fit.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Am listening to the fill in person for Mark Levin

(Just heard her give her name as "Inga Barks&quot and the callers are calling for Boner's head. In fact, she just got done quoting Mark Levin who apparently just posted comments on this on his Facebook and he was claiming that Scalise apparently helped Boner to keep his Speakership job the last go-around and he is calling for the teabaggers to push for the ouster of both.

[another_liberal]

10. Why is anyone surprised?

Of course he speaks to White Supremacist groups. How else can a Republican get elected to Congress from Louisiana?

[HERVEPA]

27. Huh? Did RT close for New Years?

[another_liberal]

30. Why do you ask?

Does your gang control this neighborhood?

[HERVEPA]

31. What gang might that be, sport?

[Historic NY]

11. I could never figure out all the GOP anti-Semites ...

but they support Israel....do you think they don't kwow Israel is a Jewish state.

[KaryninMiami]

15. They don't give a shit about the Jews

It's all about the return of the messiah which can only happy if Israel is in the hands of the Jewish people, who by the way, don't get to go to heaven when he returns unless they get baptized. That's why they are so supportive of Israel- and many uninformed (or unbelieving) Israelis haven't got a clue.

[1step]

12. Hey, if it's a Circular Firing Squad...

I approve!

[Triana]

13. . . .

[Jack Rabbit]

14. Well, it figures. The GOP is a white supremacist group nowadays.

[SoapBox]

16. Well of course they would.

Nothing different about this.

[A Simple Game]

17. If I were the Democrats I would find a new word for the minority "whip."

Then I would say the word whip should only be associated with racists and see what happens.

[yellowcanine]

18. Yes but look at the expression on Boehner's face here.

He is not a happy man. This could unravel real fast.
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[nakocal]

19. This is why we can claim that most republicans are republicans

Anyone can factually claims that republicans are racists based on their observable behavior. If any republican says or does anything racists, NO one in ANY leadership position ever tells them that they are wrong. They instead give that person their support, thus supporting the racist behavior.

THAT MAKES THEM RACISTS.

[blkmusclmachine]

20. Republican Party = KKK = Republican Party :

[workinclasszero]

21. The KKKpublicans protect one of their own rascist leaders

Anyone surprised about that? Really?

It will be great though when the hate/racist/fox/republican party night-riders claim they aren't haters, just point to this action.

[lanlady]

22. More dirt will come out on Scalise

You can bet on it, his flirtation with white supremacists did not begin and with this incident. You know the drill. Someone will dig up other speeches or statements and pretty quickly his goose will be cooked, but not before the entire GOP establishment has disgraced itself. This will be mighty enjoyable to watch!

[Android3.14]

23. You watch.

Half the country will support the GOP racist behavior. Good or bad, this separates us further.

[riversedge]

25. I suspect you are right.

[TheKentuckian]

24. You can't spell TeaPubliKlan without the Klan

[Lint Head]

26. You show me a racist I'll show you a Republican.

[bpj62]

28. Al Sharpton

Meanwhile the right is calling for a boycott of the companies that sponsor Al Sharpton because he is leading the "anti cop" rallies. I am no fan of Al Sharpton but I find it fascinating that the republicans will go after a black man who is trying to get the police to treat all of us better by bringing up everything he has done in the past but they are willing and eager to say that the number 3 leader in their own party made a mistake and that it happened 12 years ago and we should just move along. I pointed this out to a "friend" on facebook who was making comments about Al Sharpton and the silence was deafening. I truly believe that the republican party has convinced themselves that there is no such thing as racism anymore in this country.

[louis-t]

29. Defending him will keep the story alive

so keep defending him. They let him resign? The story goes away in a few weeks. Assholes.