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Did you see this little dispute? Scalise, Gaetz meet privately after fallout from leaked call
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) met privately on Wednesday amid the fallout from a leaked recording in which Scalise raised concerns about some of Gaetz’s remarks in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Their private discussion, which was first reported in Politico and confirmed to The Hill by both Scalise’s office and Gaetz, came after the Florida Republican confronted Scalise in a morning GOP conference meeting earlier Wednesday.
“I’m still reflecting on the convo,” Gaetz said of his meeting with Scalise. He later told reporters that he will address the meeting on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show.
Scalise said in a press conference Tuesday evening that he was sensitive to death threats that members were getting in the aftermath of the Capitol attack. Scalise was shot in the hip and seriously wounded in the 2017 congressional baseball shooting.
“Those did not come to fruition, because there were no charges that were brought. But what we were being told were some pretty alarming things, some from law enforcement, some from members,” Scalise said.
“And so I shared that with Matt. I’m sorry that those comments caused him problems,” Scalise said.
The New York Times on Tuesday released audio from a Jan. 10, 2021, call with GOP leaders expressing concerns about rank-and-file members’ statements in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.