CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper December 30, 2014 21:44:00
I think that he's just a hardworking public servant that will go talk to anybody at any time. whether he agrees with their social beliefs or not. >> reporter: the support of an african-american like richmond is significant. the republican party is trying to expand their appeal to minorities in hopes to improve their chances on the national stage in 2016. we're seeing more and more statements of support coming out from congressional republicans, not just from speaker boehner. a lot of folks have a lot of questions about how scalise could not have known about duke's affiliation with this group. ...