Brady Knox is a breaking news reporter for the Washington Examiner with a particular focus on Russia, Eastern Europe, and foreign affairs. Hailing from Pittsburgh, he graduated from Miami University in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian studies and political science. He was in St.
Rep. Steve Scalise is being haunted by decades-old accusations of links with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke as the No. 2 Republican in the lower chamber of Congress makes his case to lead the House as speaker.
Republicans have chosen a candidate for speaker who has pushed white supremacist and antisemitic conspiracy theories, calling himself “David Duke without the baggage.” We must be focused on dismantling white supremacy and violence, not allowing them into our leadership. "David Duke was astonishingly good at parroting Reagan/Bush conservatives," Voss wrote."The one thing Duke’s critics could throw at him was the baggage, his awful past."Though Scalise issued an apology in 2014 over allegedly speaking at a rally of the Duke-founded white nationalist European-American Unity and Rights Organization, evidence suggests that the apology may have been made in error and that the Louisiana Republican likely never even attended the rally.
Knight said Scalise spoke to a group consisting overwhelmingly of local residents unaffiliated with the group, and that only a small contingent of members had joined the crowd to watch. There were no signs or banners in the room indicating that it was going to be the location for a conference of the controversial group.
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