Protesters gather outside Scalise meeting with donors

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Source: The Hill.com




January 13, 2015, 04:18 pm
Protesters gather outside Scalise meeting

By Cristina Marcos


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Protesters descended outside a meeting between House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and donors a block from the Capitol on Tuesday amid controversy over his speech to a white supremacist group in 2002.

Eleven protesters held up signs saying "Republicans: How's that re-branding going?", "Is this your GOP?" showing Scalise, Klu Klux Klan leader David Duke and a figure wearing a white hood, and "Steve Scalise: 'David Duke Without the Baggage?'" outside the Capitol Hill Club.


The protest was organized by several groups, including the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, People for the American Way and Jewish advocacy group Bend the Arc.

Protesters chanted "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, KKK, go away!" as House Republican lawmakers, including House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Reps. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) walked into the Capitol Hill Club. None of the lawmakers acknowledged the protesters as they walked past with stony facial expressions..................

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[randys1]

1. Yahoo

Nobody is paying attention...everybody has two jobs, cant possibly pay attention...

For every person on DU paying attention there are ONE THOUSAND americans who are just too damn busy or tired to

[slumcamper]

2. I WANNA KNOW

...who these "donors" are. Anyone else?

[riverbendviewgal]

3. Watch PBS tonight. Klansville U.S.A.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/klansville/player/

Having been dormant for decades, the Ku Klux Klan reemerged in the U.S. after the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision, gaining momentum in the U.S. as the civil rights movement grew. That the Klan would rise once again wasn't surprising, but where the reincarnation took place was. North Carolina was long considered the most progressive southern state; its image was being burnished weekly on CBS by the enormously popular "The Andy Griffith Show." In 1963, North Carolina salesman Bob Jones chartered what would become the largest Klan group in the country, which, under his leadership, grew to some ten thousand members. In the process, the group helped give the Tarheel State a new nickname: "Klansville, U.S.A

[Iliyah]

4. A few from the Jewish faith believes, including BiBi

That many GOP Christians are in their corner, LORD HAVE MERCY, no they are not. Many GOP Christians are very prejudice against anything or anyone who is not like them. They are the ones who have brought forth the ugly and nasty crap heard on fake news, cnn and corporate media outlets. This guy is one of the worst.

[Fred Sanders]

5. And more revelations about Scalise as the mass media purposely ignores this PR disaster:

"There's no way he didn't know what he was doing," Barry said. "Insulting the intelligence of the American public is beyond the pale."

The protest was held only hours after it came to light that Scalise voted against a resolution apologizing for slavery while serving as a Louisiana state legislator. Scalise also had voted against a resolution making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a state holiday."

[slumcamper]

6. Boycott these "job creators"

http://www.opensecrets.org/races/contrib.php?id=LA01&cycle=2014

[SunSeeker]

7. This is not going away.

Love the sign, "Black tie, white hood."

[ut oh]

8. Of course the Reps would ignore them

the protesters are just peons, plebs... nobodies... Certainly beneath the quality the Reps expect to be surrounded by...

[Scuba]

9. Thank you protesters!