The story behind Steve Scalise and David Duke that helped end a bid for speaker. October 12, 2023. 7 min.

Steve Scalise leaves a House Republican caucus meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on October 11, 2023, in Washington, DC. Scalise reportedly compared himself to David Duke "without the ...

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) is being haunted by decades-old accusations of links with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke as the No. 2 Republican in the lower chamber of Congress makes his case to ...

Back in 2002, Scalise spoke at a conference hosted by the European-American Unity and Rights Organization, a group founded by notorious neo-Nazi and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Scalise ...

During his 1991 campaign to become governor of Louisiana, Scalise told political reporter Stephanie Grace that he was like “David Duke without the baggage.”. Grace told the New York Times that ...

If elected House speaker, Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise would be the first top House leader from the South since Newt Gingrich served as speaker more than 20 years ago.

Rep. Nancy Mace said she "cannot in good conscience" support Rep. Steve Scalise as speaker. She pointed to a years-old report alleging Scalise had compared himself to a KKK grand wizard. But in ...

Frank Scalise, age 96, of LaGrange Park, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2025. Beloved husband of the late Maryann Scalise for 67 years. Loving father of James (Mary) Scalise, Mickey Scalise, Ca… ...

Maryann Scalise, age 87, of LaGrange Park. Beloved wife of Frank Scalise for 67 years. Loving mother of James (Mary) Scalise, Mickey Scalise, Cathy Pesch, Frank Scalise, Robert (Karen) Scalise, and… ...

All eyes are on a number of top House Republicans, including Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, after Tuesday’s speakership vote devolved into a drawn-out floor fight not seen in a century.

In 2014, Scalise faced intense blowback for having given a speech in 2002 to a White supremacist group founded by former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke. Scalise apologized and said in a ...

From comparisons to David Duke to surviving a mass shooting, Steve Scalise—who got the GOP nomination for House speaker on Wednesday—has a long history in politics.