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Scalise told Jonathan Karl, host of “This Week,” that he “ended up” at the former Palm Beach president’s complex during a visit to Florida to raise funds when asked if he was talking to Trump about taking responsibility for a crowd of his followers who passed the Capitol during The official Electoral College of Congress say affirmative President Biden
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“I was in Florida doing fundraising in various areas of Florida, I ended up in Mar-a-Lago and the president came and we visited,” Scalise said. “I haven’t seen him since I left the White House and it was really good to catch up with him. I noticed that he was much more relaxed than his four years in the White House.
“It was one more conversation about how he’s doing now and what he plans to do and how his family is doing,” Scalise said.
Karl later referred to the comments of the leader of the house minority Kevin McCarthy
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Scalise responded that there was “a lot of guilt to go through.”
“After all, the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 were a disgrace and we need to be held accountable,” Scalise said.
“That’s obvious,” Karl replied. “I’m wondering about Donald Trump’s role in that.”
Scalise moved on to the topic of Trump’s second impeachment trial, where defense attorneys showed a mashup video of Democrats using the word “fight” in political speeches in connection with Trump’s “fight like hell” phrase. used during a speech just before the riots stormed the Capitol.
“Everything they have done since day one [he] came into office tried to charge him, “Scalise said.
“So you’re saying you don’t take any responsibility?” Karl asked.
“Look, President Trump has denounced what happened and I think everyone should have been unequivocal in denouncing what happened not only on January 6 but during the summer,” Scalise said in reference to the protests that they sometimes became violent last year after multiple deaths of black Americans at the hands of police.
“Let’s be cross-cutting and tell anyone who resorts to violence to resolve political disputes, there is no room for that in America and it should be discussed unequivocally,” Scalise said.