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Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip who was shot by a gunman who attacked a congressional baseball practice on Wednesday, has kept company with racists. He was forced to apologize for speaking at an international conference of white supremacists, and reportedly referred to himself as David Duke without the baggage. Following Scalises shooting, Duke praised him for defending white civil rights.
Scalise has also been described as one of the most anti-LGBTQ politicians in Washington. Hes voted against LBGTQ rights over and over again. He also authored Louisianas ban on same-sex marriage. Like many of his ilk, he said he was only trying to protect traditional marriage.
So it is a point of especially delicious irony that Scalise, who survived the attack (and is reportedly in critical condition), may owe his life to a queer black woman.
Crystal Griner, a Capitol Police officer, was one of two special agents on Scalises security detail yesterday who helped take down shooter John Hodgkinson. People at the scene said that the two officers prevented an all-out massacre on the field that day, engaging in a firefight with Hodgkinson before killing him.
A few more biographical bits about Griner at the source, along with this excellent photo from her college basketball days:
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--k6sLwFw8--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/t0bzmbaxzuhckgmfcdei.png
Both wounded officers, Griner & Bailey, are African American. They acted as professionally and courageously as possible by engaging and overcoming a rifle-wielding murderer with only their service pistols.
Steve Scalise will hopefully fully recover, and then learn from this experience. Hopefully, he will work to undo some of the harm of his past bigotry.
Source: http://fusion.kinja.com/bigoted-homophobe-steve-scalises-life-was-saved-by-a-qu-1796135276
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)🤣
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I wont be the least bit surprised if his views change radically now that it has affected him personally.
lapfog_1
(29,223 posts)I will take any bets at long odds that he doesn't change a thing about his attitude about either people of color or LBGTQ. If he lives.
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)He may well say a few complimentary words, but his heart will not have changed. He's a full-blooded Republican. Like their party mascot, they never forget - their scourgeous ways!
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)I would be the only thing that might make him change is if he had a near death experience and during it Jesus told him to clean up his act.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)I agree.
Neither will he become more rationally enlightened about gun policy.
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)and vote for candidates and policies that are better for minorities and LGBTQ
Doreen
(11,686 posts)He simply will think that she was just doing her job.
madokie
(51,076 posts)We really need to start a dialog on unity in this country. We're all human and we're all in the same boat, 'cept the fat cats that is
ReformedGOPer
(478 posts)hay rick
(7,640 posts)but it's still a rabid skunk.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)Next he'll want single payer healthcare and unicorns will fly out of his flabby, white ass.
Quixote1818
(28,968 posts)american_ideals
(613 posts)Maybe he will reject hate when he recovers.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)n/t
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)1. A racist homophobe's life was saved a queer black woman
2. That same racist homophobe happened to have an A+ NRA rating, and was literally shot in the ass as a result of his own repeated votes to make it easier for anyone with a pulse to carry a gun in public.
irisblue
(33,023 posts)Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)I doubt it, but there's always hope.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)I hope he recovers, but he has never shown a tendency for reflection or self-awareness.
Fatemah2774
(245 posts)This news makes me smile. An A NRA member shot by weapons he champions and an African-American lesbian whose ethnicity and orientation saves his life.
Let's see how this pans out, and yes, I pray for his recovery. Irony and justice in one story.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)You know what they say about Karma.
Doubt it changes his mind about much.