Photo by Emmanuel d’Aubignosc/WikimediaBecause Louisiana politics just ain’t colorful enough, former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke threatened Wednesday to run against U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, calling the Metairie Republican and House Majority Whip — the No. 3 position in the House — a “sellout” for apologizing for speaking in 2002 before a white-pride group in New Orleans.
“Steve Scalise, let me tell you something, this is the way I view it now: I mean this guy is a sellout. I mean he’s a sellout. He’s not David. He used to say that he was David Duke of course without the baggage, whatever that means,” Duke told Baton Rouge radio host Jim Engster.
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