Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>The story behind <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SteveScalise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveScalise</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidDuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidDuke</span></a> that helped end his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bid</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speaker</span></a>.</p><p>That story also surfaced a quote involving <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidDuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidDuke</span></a> that has long been used against Scalise — and one which Mace cited Wednesday. Longtime <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politicalreporter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalreporter</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/columnist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columnist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StephanieGrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephanieGrace</span></a> said Scalise in their first meeting years earlier had “told me he was like (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KKK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKK</span></a> leader) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidDuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidDuke</span></a> without the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/baggage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baggage</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/12/steve-scalise-white-supremacy-david-duke-louisiana/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/10/12/steve-scalise-white-supremacy-david-duke-louisiana/</span></a></p>