GOP BOYCOTTS.
While AMERICANS from across the nation converge on Selma to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the GOP leadership is boycotting.
John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise will be absent from the three-day event that commemorates the 1965 march. “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.” Former CBC Chair Marsha Fudge (D-Ohio) agreed, “Not only do they have an opportunity to participate in something that is historic in this country, but certainly they’ve lost an opportunity to show the American people that they care. “Their loss.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/gop-leaders-to-skip-selma-event-115801.html#ixzz3TckS2kJ4
What did you expect from a political party that spends millions of dollars and countless man-hours to suppress black voting?