"Steve Scalise did not address a EURO conference. ... The conference was two-and-a-half hours later"

Excerpts from The Times Picayune...

Knight said Scalise, then a state representative, spoke to the civic association and was probably unaware the EURO conference was being held in the same room later that day. Knight and Scalise primarily knew each other as neighbors and not through politics necessarily, Knight said.

"The conference wasn't going to start until 1 p.m., so I decided to have the members of the civic association there Saturday morning," he said, "My relationship with Steve Scalise was as a neighbor. I don't know that Steve Scalise and I ever talked about politics."

He also is quoted saying: "Steve came in early on the first day of EURO, spoke for about 15 minutes, and he left."

Knight described the crowd as a "mixed" audience for Scalise, "people who are concerned about the survival of their race." He added: "The thing is, I don't think Scalise knew anything about EURO, about that latter group."

Knight said Wednesday that the Post reporter didn't get story right.

"I told him the same story I am telling you," he said.

For her part, Noble said she was not a member of the civic association, but was dating Knight and attended the civic meeting with him. She said Scalise addressed the neighborhood group, not EURO.

"He was just there to speak with his constituents," Noble said.

Via Instapundit.