MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Saturday said House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) “continues to show signs of improvement” after being shot last week when a gunman opened fire at a Republican congressional baseball practice.
“Congressman Steve Scalise is in serious condition. He underwent another surgery today, but continues to show signs of improvement,” the hospital said in a statement released Saturday. “He is more responsive, and is speaking with his loved ones.”
Scalise spent the night watching baseball, according to a post from his Twitter account. The house majority whip is a fan of the sport and, according to the New York Times, a “fixture” at practices for the annual congressional game.
Steve is watching @LSUbaseball, rooting hard for a big Tigers win tonight! #CWS #LSU ⚾️
— Rep. Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) June 18, 2017
He will soon be well enough to endorse and deposit the check written by the NRA.
One hopes that Scalise has a full recovery, insofar as medically possible.
But anyone who also hopes for some sort of “Saul on the road to Damascus” epiphany from Scalise is going to be bitterly disappointed.
Scalise is an unapologetic racist and a thorough-going bigot—he campaigned as “David Duke without the baggage.”
No bullet can change that.
And irony of ironies, he was shot and almost killed by a crazy shooter, with a legally acquired assault rifle that the NRA wants to make sure is always available to aforementioned crazy shooters. I said the other day that O. Henry could have written Scalise’s story as ‘The Grift of The MAGAi’. Empathy, yes, sentimentality, never.
Watch for the video: “I just fucking got myself shot!”