GOP Congressman Steve Scalise Once Opposed Slavery Apology Bill

Republican Congressman Steve Scalise Once Voted Against Bill That Would Apologize For Slavery

Whenever a shady GOP member slips up and reveals racist tendencies, it’s usually not long before more of said shadiness comes to light. Enter recently-outed Republican Congressman Steve Scalise.

via Huffington Post

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) voted against a bill that would have apologized for slavery to African-Americans when he was in the Louisiana Legislature, according to a 1996 New Orleans Times-Picayune article first reported on by The Hill.

The representative, who has been a target of civil rights groups after it was revealed last month that he spoke at a 2002 white supremacist conference, was one of two House and Governmental Affairs Committee members who voted down the bill.

“Why are you asking me to apologize for something I didn’t do and had no part of?” Scalise asked, according to the paper at the time. “I am not going to apologize for what somebody else did.”

The bill passed out of committee on a unanimous vote once it was amended to express “regret” instead.

Scalise’s office didn’t immediately return a request for comment about the vote.

SMH. Can’t say we’re surprised….are you?

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