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Power & Politics: GOP infighting continues – House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Rep. D’Esposito speak with News 12

Kurt Semder's exclusive interview with Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Anthony D'Esposito.

News 12 Staff

May 12, 2024, 12:49 PM

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This week, Republicans and Democrats worked together to save House Speaker Mike Johnson from the motion to vacate put forth by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The drama only highlighted the slim Republican majority's near constant in-fighting.

On Long Island, three of the four members of the delegation are Republicans – and the battle to control Congress in the fall may very well run through Nassau and Suffolk counties.

This week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise visited Long Island to stump for Rep. Anthony D'Esposito. Kurt Semder sat down for an exclusive interview with them.

Also, a Long Island father who lost his son in a horrific crash is now fighting to ensure his son did not die in vain. State Sen. Anthony Palumbo, the lead sponsor of the Grieving Families Act, speaks about it with Rich Barrabi.

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