First House Dem calls for Scalise to resign from GOP leadership

[babylonsister]

First House Dem calls for Scalise to resign from GOP leadership
By Ben Kamisar - 12/31/14 05:24 PM EST


Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) wants House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) to resign from leadership after he admitted speaking to a white supremacist group in 2002.

The freshman New York lawmaker is the first Democratic representative to call for Scalise’s resignation from leadership outright.

“It is beyond offensive that a member of House leadership would knowingly court such a hate group, and it is doubly insulting that Congressman Scalise asserts that he didn't know who David Duke was or the hate promoted by that group,” Maloney said in an emailed statement.

“Speaker Boehner should demand Congressman Scalise resign his leadership post immediately.”

Scalise said Tuesday that he regretted speaking to the group, founded by former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke, but emphasized that he was unaware of the group’s message. On top of racism and anti-Semitism, Duke has expressed opposition to a bill that would make discrimination against gays illegal and bashed the decision to allow gays into the military.

“Families like mine, children like mine, have no place in David Duke's racist vision for America,” Maloney added in his statement.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/228348-first-dem-calls-for-scalise-to-resign-as-leader

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Interesting.

He's gay and proud of it!

On June 21, 2014, he and Randy Florke were married in Cold Spring, New York.[62] Maloney became the second member of Congress to legally marry his same-sex partner while in office.

[Cha]

2. Yes!

[B Calm]

3. Weiner resigned for much less.

[brer cat]

4. K&R

No elected official should stay in office after courting the likes of that group.

[sueh]

5. Well done, Rep Maloney. I am looking for other Democratic members of the House to do the same.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. That's what I like to see.

nt

[murielm99]

7. Yay!

The repubbies spend a lot of time shooting off their mouths, demanding apologies and investigations. They don't have much to say when there is a real reason to speak up. This guy Scalise should not even be in Congress, let alone in a leadership position.

It is time for us to be as loud as they are.

[OldRedneck]

8. Let's see if I understand how this works:

Obama met Bill Ayers once and the rightwing goes batshit crazy.

Hillary Clinton says she read Saul Alinsky's book and the rightwing goes tire-biting, foaming-at-the-mouth, chasing-their-tails insane.

Steve Scalise is the keynote speaker at a white supremacist conference; KKK Grand Wizard David Duke endorses Scalise; Scaliose says he agrees with Duke's :conservative values" and it's just an innocent mistake.

Does that about sum it up???

[babylonsister]

9. Pretty much. Crazy making. nt

[Nye Bevan]

10. Wait.... why is *every* House Democrat not calling for this? (nt)