McCarthy Will Represent GOP Leadership in Selma

The House Majority Leader is in Selma, after GOP leadership said no high-ranking Republicans would attend.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during a news conference following the weekly House GOP conference meeting at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill February 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Republican leaders said they are planning a vote next week on the Senate's version of the legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline project.
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By Arit John

March 7, 2015 at 2:59 PM UTC

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The House Republican leadership will send a representative to Selma, Ala., after all.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California will join President Obama and more than 100 members of Congress—including Representative John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and legend of the civil rights movement—on Saturday in Selma in honor of the 50th anniversary of the historic march to Montgomery and the brutal police attacks that occurred on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina tweeted a photo early Saturday: