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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlibi For Congressman Who Spoke To White Supremacist Group Completely Falls Apart
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/01/01/3607463/alibi-white-supremacist-convention-completely-falls-apart/Alibi For Congressman Who Spoke To White Supremacist Group Completely Falls Apart
by Judd Legum Posted on January 1, 2015 at 9:52 pm
Congressman Steve Scalise apologized earlier this week for speaking to a group of white supremacists in 2002. You would think that would settle the question of whether Scalise spoke to a group of white supremacists.
But no.
Two days ago, Slate ran a piece quoting Kenny Knight, a close associate of David Duke, who booked the room for the white supremacist group, known as EURO. Knight claimed that he invited Scalise to speak to the Jefferson Heights Civic Association, which was largely comprised of elderly people who lived in his and Scalises neighborhood. The meeting of the civic association, Knight said, just happened to be held in the same room as the EURO conference held later that day. Knight told The Times-Picayune that he was not a member of EURO and did not arrange for any speakers at the 2002 conference.
The right-wing ran was the story, billing the entire controversy as little more than a hoax.
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But, as it turns out, Knight was lying. Not only was Knight a member of the EURO group but documents filed with the Louisiana secretary of states office list him as treasurer He is also listed as a member of the group in a 2002 news release for the conference in question, where he was scheduled as a speaker.
Asked about the discrepancy and the state document listing him as treasurer of the group, Knight hung up twice on a reporter for The Times-Picayune. Eventually, Knight said Is that 15 years ago? I dont even remember that. Im not communicating any more with the news media. Im finished with yall.
If you have any further questions, ask David Duke. In an interview with the Washington Post, Duke said he recalled Knight reaching out to Scalise in the weeks before the conference to come and update attendees on state affairs, and that Scalise accepted without reservation.
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Alibi For Congressman Who Spoke To White Supremacist Group Completely Falls Apart (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2015
OP
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)1. k&r for visibility. nt
czarjak
(11,287 posts)2. Racist...
Who'd rather not be called a racist. Huh?
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)3. Ah yes...the usual pack of liars
telling their lies.
Rotten to the core.
malaise
(269,157 posts)4. Why are they lying
Not so proud to be known racists are they?
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)5. I think this goes beyond falling apart
He not only was a speaker he was in thick with them. I doubt this makes any waves with Republicans though. Some might pretend to be embarrassed, but it's not like it's going to hurt his career not now anyway. Maybe in a couple of years demographics will get these openly racist people to act right at least in public.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)6. ...
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)7. "You go to a James Brown concert, you know who James Brown is." Priceless.