OPINION:
Why is just about every member of Congress not calling for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana to step down? Looking from the Democrats’ viewpoint, as long as Mr. Scalise is in power they can play the race and bigot card against their opponents, just before the November 2016 election. Looking from the Republican viewpoint, since House Speaker John Boehner gave his blessing to Scalise after the revelation that Scalise was a keynote speaker at a white supremacist rally, no Republican member of Congress dare challenge Boehner’s judgment.
Given this situation, as long as Scalise remains in his post, the voters will have a choice to make during the November 2016 election: They can vote for the fiscal cowards or the moral cowards. Maybe we could rename the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Fear.
STEPHEN YOUHANAIE
Oswego, Ill.
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