GOP leaders to skip Selma

[Eugene]

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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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/06/politics/selma-anniversary-republicans/

[libdem4life]

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]

2. Cementing

their racist creds. They are sick puppies thinking that this is a good thing.

[oldandhappy]

3. Well, Bibi can probably arrange more

votes for Repubs in Israel than among the people in Selma for the remembrance.