Jindal and Scalise address CPAC

WASHINGTON – Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise criticized President Barack Obama on Friday and said federal spending must be reined in during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.

Scalise, R-Jefferson and chair of the conservative Republican Study Committee, and Jindal spoke back-to-back Friday afternoon as part of the three-day CPAC rally and conference that featured more than 70 speakers — from U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — at Maryland’s National Harbor just outside of Washington, D.C.

Jindal jokingly started out by joking whether he would rather sit through all three days of the speakers or be “water-boarded.” “Well, I may have to think about that,” Jindal said.

Jindal’s speech largely consisted of combining recycled jokes from last week’s Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington with parts of his past speeches about removing the focus on Washington and the federal government. He said Republicans must instead emphasize growing local communities whether in “Billings (Mont.) or Baton Rouge.”

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