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Steve Scalise

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Steve Scalise is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district since 2008. A member of the Republican Party, Scalise has held significant leadership roles, including serving as the House Majority Whip. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as tax reform, healthcare, and energy policy, advocating for conservative principles in Congress.

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May 27, 2026

You've seen this growth in antisemitism coming from the left, and it's over and over again.

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May 27, 2026

But the left doesn't care about those families. They just want power, Sean. You saw it during COVID. They lied to you about masks and distancing and shutting down businesses and keeping kids out of school because they want power.

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May 27, 2026

When you listen to those words, you know, and at the beginning, you rolled that tape of Governor Pritzker. The saying that we should disagree without being disagreeable. Those platitudes ring hollow when he over and over and over again…

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May 27, 2026

We're going to always back the blue. It's a shame everybody doesn't, but we will.

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May 27, 2026

You know, what you’ve seen President Trump and Secretary Hegseth say is that we're going to make sure that they open up the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic.

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May 27, 2026

You know, you look at no tax on overtime, it's been a tremendous boom to blue-collar workers.

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May 27, 2026

It's dangerous, you know, because you look— I mean, President Trump has had three — not one, not two— three assassination attempts on his life.

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May 27, 2026

It's disgusting. And frankly, you know, when you look at now the third, as you mentioned, assassination attempt on President Trump, we've seen a rise in political violence from the left.

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May 27, 2026

That's exactly right. I mean, the far left has literally taken over the Democrat Party in Washington. This is not your father's Democrat Party. The party's lost their way and they don't care about working people anymore.

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May 27, 2026

Well, it's another week where House Republicans are bringing bills to the floor to make life more affordable for hardworking families.

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May 27, 2026

If you look at the bills we're bringing, the FIRE Act, for example, allows people to manage forests again so that you don't have wildfires that burn down communities.

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