AP / Yahoo - White House: Scalise as No. 3 says a lot about who GOP is [This is merely the Left's monthly feeding frenzy, wherein their latest victim is expected to resign and issue an apology, never to be accepted. Icing on the cake? We are expected to believe that the Left wants the GOP to 'broaden' its appeal so it can defeat the Left more often in elections. --tma]

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White House: Scalise as No. 3 says a lot about who GOP is

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday waded into a controversy over revelations that the House's No. 3 Republican spoke to a white supremacist group 12 years ago, saying who the GOP has in leadership "says a lot about who they are."

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest repeatedly said Scalise once described himself as "David Duke without the baggage." A reporter for the New Orleans Advocate newspaper said Scalise made the remark to her as he was starting out in the Louisiana Legislature nearly 20 years ago. Scalise's office did not immediately respond to calls for comment.

Earnest said it's up to Republicans to decide whether he retains his position and what that says about their conference. ...

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