There is No Question Scalise Must Resign Leadership

I find it unbelievable that Speaker Boehner and Kevin McCarthy have stood by Steve Scalise in his leadership position. In a House ran by capitulating to Democrats because of what they might do to hurt Republicans in the press, it makes absolutely no sense to keep Scalise in a leadership position.

Boehner can’t keep Scalise in the leadership, and not seeing what this will do to the effectiveness of the House shows how poorly Boehner leads. No one on our side thinks Scalise is a racist, and some liberals have defended him, but that won’t matter to the Democrats in the House led by Pelosi. The entire House Republican Caucus will be labeled white supremacists, and he simply cannot be allowed to stay in leadership. Why do you think the Democrats are playing this pretty quiet right now? Scalise has to go, and it’s not fair that he will be viewed as a racist for this, but the fact is, if he doesn’t go, we will all suffer.

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It’s also possible that Democrats are quite happy to see Scalise continue to be a part of the GOP leadership, since it will allow them to return to the story about his address to a group founded by David Duke repeatedly between now and Election Day 2016, when Democrats hope a broader electorate will help them win the White House and take back House and Senate seats. Only Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.) has called for his resignation as majority whip.

“They probably believe that he’s more useful to them if he remains a leader in the Republican Party,” said Bob Mann, a professor at Louisiana State University and a former Democratic aide.

“If he resigns, problem solved, the Republicans have banished this embarrassing person from their midst, and the Democrats can’t use him as a symbol for intolerance.”