Rashida Tlaib’s THOBE, and Ilhan Omar’s HIJAB, are making congressional history

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Rasputin_Vol said:
Just wondering why there is more concern about someone having tunnel vision with regards to too much Israeli influence, yet you have about 500 people in Congress with tunnel vision regarding Russian influence.
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I imagine that the Russian obsession is rooted in Trump obsession. Had Canada done Trump the same solid, we'd have Congressmen inisting on a wall along the northern border.
 
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utvolpj said:
Says David Duke was the head of it when Scalise spoke. I'm guessing a LA politician would know that name
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I looked it up. According to Scalise's camp, he didn't realize what they stood for.

The group gained wider coverage in December 2014 when Steve Scalise, the Republican Majority Whip in the House of Representatives, said that in 2002, while a member of the Louisiana State Legislature, he had addressed a EURO meeting. A CNN report said that "Scalise, 49, who ascended to the House GOP's third-ranking post this year, confirmed through an adviser that he once appeared at a convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization, or EURO. But the adviser said the congressman didn't know at the time about the group's affiliation with racists and neo-Nazi activists."[11][12][13][14]
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Wikipedia
 
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utvolpj said:
well as long as he and Wikipedia say he is innocent
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Or the complete lack of evidence of him being there and contradicting reports from the guys who actually put on the event. I too like to believe anonymous people on message boards. At best it’s a maybe attended with the rest completely unknown. He doesn’t even remember going and duke isn’t sure he was there either
 
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bamawriter said:
I'm not telling you what conclusion to reach. I'm saying that it's not unreasonable to reach the conclusion that an overriding concern with Israeli-American relations, while showing no overt concern for other factors, could indicate antisemitism. Especially when that concern is coupled with a religious and geographic background that tends toward antisemitism.
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Do you have any concerns that we have politicians from the judeo-christian religious backgrounds that may offer preferential treatment to the Israeli lobby/interests?

It seems like any criticism of our relationship with Israel is met with outcries of antisemitism. Had these remarks come from non-muslims, would that still indicate signs of antisemitism?
 
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Let's not let liberal posters distract from the topic at hand, this has nothing to do with Scalise
 
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volfanjustin said:
Let's not let liberal posters distract from the topic at hand, this has nothing to do with Scalise
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It seems to me like it would be like herding cats to corral all the Democrat special interest groups. The browns really don't like the blacks, the Asians don't like either, the Muslims would throw the LBGT folks off a tall building if given half a chance, and the Jews don't get along with the Muslims.
 
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Smokey123 said:
I’m aware. Just because he apologized for it doesn’t mean he remembers being there, it’s called taking responsibility, more politicians should learn that. It was 16 years ago, he’s been to probably hundreds of speeches or “rallies”, I seriously doubt he remembers every single one.
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Do you often apologize for things you didn't do? He's from LA and the group was headed by David Duke but in guess anything is possible
 
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utvolpj said:
Do you often apologize for things you didn't do? He's from LA and the group was headed by David Duke but in guess anything is possible
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Not being there and not remembering being there are two completely different things. He was accused of something and knows he might have been there, he took responsibility and apologized and condemned them. More politicians should follow his lead. You’d rather him ignore the questions and simply say he doesn’t remember so it didn’t happen? That’s a MUCH worse look imo

Duke said he wasn’t even sure if he was there and Knight said Scalise had no idea Duke was involved and didn’t speak at the same place as Duke... Do you often believe everything people on anonymous message boards say?
 
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Smokey123 said:
Not being there and not remembering being there are two completely different things. He was accused of something and knows he might have been there, he took responsibility and apologized and condemned them. More politicians should follow his lead. You’d rather him ignore the questions and simply say he doesn’t remember so it didn’t happen? That’s a MUCH worse look imo

Duke said he wasn’t even sure if he was there and Knight said Scalise had no idea Duke was involved and didn’t speak at the same place as Duke... Do you often believe everything people on anonymous message boards say?
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No I believe when a guy apologizes for giving a speech at a specific place that he knows he did it. I also believe he made the speech as a politician just trying to gather any support he could believing no one would ever know. I have no clue if he shares their ideology and neither does he when taking about removing her from that committee. But that's not stopping him one bit
 
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utvolpj said:
No I believe when a guy apologizes for giving a speech at a specific place that he knows he did it. I also believe he made the speech as a politician just trying to gather any support he could believing no one would ever know. I have no clue if he shares their ideology and neither does he when taking about removing her from that committee. But that's not stopping him one bit
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Just out of curiosity, what race are you?
 
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utvolpj said:
No I believe when a guy apologizes for giving a speech at a specific place that he knows he did it. I also believe he made the speech as a politician just trying to gather any support he could believing no one would ever know. I have no clue if he shares their ideology and neither does he when taking about removing her from that committee. But that's not stopping him one bit
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So you only believe part of what comes out of his mouth. I guess whatever goes with your own personal beliefs?
 
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