Rep. Steve Scalise
Former KKK Leader David Duke, who has re-emerged in the national headlines after it was revealed that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise spoke at a Duke white supremacist conference 12 years ago, has threatened other Republican politicians who are coming out against Scalise.
“Why is Scalise being singled out? I don’t know,” Duke said in an interview with fusion.net. “He was just going [to the EURO conference], obviously, to tell voters about some of his initiatives on some tax matters. That’s what it’s all about. And I think it’s insane, this whole process.”
Then Duke issued this threat to other Republicans who might be inclined to criticize the third highest ranking Republican in the House:
“If Scalise is going to be crucified — if Republicans want to throw Steve Scalise to the woods, then a lot of them better be looking over their shoulders,” Duke warned.
Duke’s group, called the European-American Unity and Rights Organization, is well-known to the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white nationalist hate group founded in 2000 by Duke, the controversial former Louisiana state representative.
Scalise’s appearance was first reported on Sunday by a Louisiana political blogger named Lamar White Jr., who found a number of posts on Stormfront, one of the original white supremacist websites, describing Scalise’s appearance at the 2002 EURO gathering
Scrambling to repair the damage as some members of Congress are calling for him to be demoted from Majority Whip, Scalise blamed his speaking appearance at the EURO conference on the fact that he only had one staff member—and he said he didn’t know the conference thrown by Duke, an extremely prominent figure in Scalise’s part of Louisiana, was a white supremacist conference.
But no one seems to be buying his story.
Mia Love, the former Utah mayor who is about to be sworn in as the only Black female Republican member of Congress, sounded disturbed by all the calls asking her to comment on Scalise.
“It is difficult for me to comment on Rep. Scalise’ speaking engagement from 12 years ago,” she said in a statement. “I have not spoken with him about that particular day. All I can say is that, from my experience, the majority whip has been extremely helpful to me and all of my colleagues.”
In his comments, Duke said that he is very well-connected with national politicians and said the depictions of him as racist are a product of the media’s “zionist” and “tribalist” mentality.
Duke said comments by politicians piling on Scalise is “all bullsh*t.” He said he’s shocked at the “insane” amount of attention he and Scalise are getting.
He said he’s “grown up” since his days as a Grand Wizard of the Klan. “And I know who the real racists are.”
why not go after the dems, dork. there are so much more of them in the kkk. I know from experience from north carolina.
He doesn't have to name anyone in the republican party because their actions in the past 6 years against the Black President of the country speaks for itself. They are still trying to make him a one term President by obstructing every move he makes.
Damn, you're so right, LMFAO…
Damn, even they're more right, LMFAO…
The Huffington Post reported Duke included Democrat but somehow that got left out here.
I don't trust David Duke. He is a snake full of hate. About his followers members of Ku Klux Klan…you know….they are all WHITE TRASH. Those white trashes are so ignorant of history, that they even know from where white people are from. All they know is that they were called insane barbarians when they invaded Europe…Beside, who are those white trashes to say America belong to them? Those white trashes first arrived in America by 1500s during colonization. Long before their arrival in America, African Human Sapiens inhabited America from south to north before 12000 BC. In fact, the only ancient culture of America Continent was built by NEGROS. They built pyramids, temples, developed writing systems, agriculture, Arts, astronomy…. Racist White Trashes are jealous of African superior intelligence. White trashes has no ancient culture, no ancient temples, and never developed writing systems. THEY WERE EDUCATED BY BLACK AFRICANS….
I don't trust David Duke. He is a snake full of hate. About his followers members of Ku Klux Klan…you know….they are all WHITE TRASH. Those white trashes are so ignorant of history, that they even know from where white people are from. All they know is that they were called insane barbarians when they invaded Europe…Beside, who are those white trashes to say America belong to them? Those white trashes first arrived in America by 1500s during colonization. Long before their arrival in America, African Human Sapiens inhabited America from south to north before 12000 BC. In fact, the only ancient culture of America Continent was built by NEGROS. They built pyramids, temples, developed writing systems, agriculture, Arts, astronomy…. Racist White Trashes are jealous of African superior intelligence. White trashes has no ancient culture, no ancient temples, and never developed writing systems. THEY WERE EDUCATED BY BLACK AFRICANS….