Greene has dismissed the seven-page document as a “staff level draft proposal from an outside group” that she had never approved. And CNN reported that she and Gosar have scrapped the launch of the new caucus amid the GOP backlash.
Scalise, whose own career was nearly derailed by a 2014 race controversy, said Tuesday that he subscribes to the vision of America as a diverse melting pot and land of immigrants.
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“What makes America great is our diversity, all the people who come from all around the world, legally coming to America to seek the American dream, like my great-grandparents sought when they came from Italy,” Scalise said. “People come, and we’re a great melting pot in America. People of all faiths, of all beliefs know that this is the place, this is the bastion of freedom where anybody can come and if they seek that American dream. It’s there for them today.
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