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Steve Scalise: “Louisiana was all Democrat. All the statewide electeds were…”

Featuring: Steve Scalise, Republican | House Majority Leader, U.S. House Louisiana, District 1

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Speaker Johnson Joins Steve Scalise and August Pfluger on the Right to the Point Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 05:47

And that's really what got me interested in politics more to volunteer for other people. Because our state speaker can tell you this. We, we came from a very blue state. You know, Louisiana was all Democrat. All the statewide electeds were Democrat. The legislature was 2/3 Democrat when Mike and I both served in the state House. And yet when we were in college, we had the largest college Republican chapter in the nation because we were trying to galvanize people against what was happening in our state. (05:47–05:58)

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Asserts that Louisiana's government was predominantly Democrat when he and Mike served in the state House.

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