GOP leaders to skip Selma event

Ishmael · 2015-03-08T13:02:04+00:00

Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary. But their ranks dont include a single member of House Republican leadership a point that isnt lost on congressional black leaders. None of the top leaders House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy or Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was once thought likely to attend to atone for reports that he once spoke before a white supremacist group will be in Selma for the three-day event that commemorates the 1965 march and the violence that protesters faced at the hands of white police officers. A number of rank-and-file Republicans have been aggressively lobbying their colleagues to attend, and several black lawmakers concurred. It is very disappointing that not a single Republican leader sees the value in participating in this 50th commemoration of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. I had hoped that some of the leadership would attend, but apparently none of them will, said Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina. The Republicans always talk about trying to change their brand and be more appealing to minority folks and be in touch with the interests of African-Americans. This is very disappointing. Read more: McCarthy reverses on GOP leadership decision to skip Selma events - Anna Palmer and Lauren French - POLITICO

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Start date Mar 8, 2015

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