Scalise stresses voter turnout: ‘We can hold the House’

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Wednesday stressed that Republicans could hold onto their control of the House if there’s strong voter turnout on Election Day.

NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich asked Scalise if he was preparing for a Democrat-led House looking to investigate President Trump and his family or impeach Trump for a third time between his two terms.

“Katie, we know this, and that is number one, there are a lot of close races right now, and if good people stay home, socialists can absolutely win some of these seats,” Scalise said during an appearance on “Katie Pavlich Tonight.”

“And that’s why the biggest thing we’re doing right now is encouraging people to turn out and vote, because if folks that normally sit out of midterm actually show up and vote this time around, we can hold the House,” he continued.

Scalise added that if “good people stay at home, you’re seeing these crazy far-left socialist candidates –– they hate President Trump. They vowed retribution. They want to go after the president, go after his........

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