Scalise Slaps Down Claim Made in Book About Melania Trump
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is pushing back against a claim made in a new book about former First Lady Melania Trump , arguing it “never happened.” Business Insider reported on the claim made in former…
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is pushing back against a claim made in a new book about former First Lady Melania Trump, arguing it “never happened.”
Business Insider reported on the claim made in former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham’s book, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House.”
In her book, Grisham wrote Scalise and his family traveled to the White House for an unscheduled visit following his recovery from the 2017 shooting at a congressional baseball practice.
According to Grisham, the former first lady’s staff asked her if she wanted to visit with Scalise and his family.
“Her response was, ‘No, I already said hello,'” Grisham explained.
Melania Trump was seemingly referring to her and the former president’s visit to Scalise at the hospital during his recovery from the shooting, as the outlet notes.
Grisham continued, “Whenever the first lady said no to something, we would say to each other, ‘Well, she already said hello!'”
Scalise responded to the claim on Twitter on Monday, including a photo of him and his family visiting Trump and the former first lady at the White House.