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Related: About this forumGOP leaders to skip Selma
Source: CNN
GOP leaders to skip Selma
By Athena Jones and Deirdre Walsh, CNN
Updated 1:52 PM ET, Fri March 6, 2015
Washington (CNN) - Top Republican leaders on Capitol Hill won't join the largest bipartisan congressional delegation ever in Selma, Alabama, this weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday civil rights march.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise will not be on hand for the celebration, according to spokesmen for McConnell and Boehner.
Asked about McConnell's plans this weekend, spokesman Don Stewart said "he'll be back home as he is most weekends."
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The absence of key GOP lawmakers at such a significant anniversary is notable for a party that is seeking to expand its base. It comes just months after third-ranking House Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was embroiled in a controversy over speaking to a group of white supremacists in 2002 and as efforts to revive key provisions of the Voting Rights Act have stalled in Congress.
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By Athena Jones and Deirdre Walsh, CNN
Updated 1:52 PM ET, Fri March 6, 2015
Washington (CNN) - Top Republican leaders on Capitol Hill won't join the largest bipartisan congressional delegation ever in Selma, Alabama, this weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday civil rights march.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise will not be on hand for the celebration, according to spokesmen for McConnell and Boehner.
Asked about McConnell's plans this weekend, spokesman Don Stewart said "he'll be back home as he is most weekends."
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The absence of key GOP lawmakers at such a significant anniversary is notable for a party that is seeking to expand its base. It comes just months after third-ranking House Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was embroiled in a controversy over speaking to a group of white supremacists in 2002 and as efforts to revive key provisions of the Voting Rights Act have stalled in Congress.
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GOP leaders to skip Selma (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2015
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Perhaps they can arrange a quick junket to Israel. That seems to whoop them up. Also, they are
libdem4life
Mar 2015
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libdem4life
(13,877 posts)1. Perhaps they can arrange a quick junket to Israel. That seems to whoop them up. Also, they are
perhaps afraid they may see one of their ancestors on film.
Faux pas
(14,643 posts)2. Cementing
their racist creds. They are sick puppies thinking that this is a good thing.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)3. Well, Bibi can probably arrange more
votes for Repubs in Israel than among the people in Selma for the remembrance.