House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) met with former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago while on a fundraising trip to Palm Beach, Fla., this week as the party grapples with divisions in the post-Trump era.
“Scalise is in Florida this week on political travel and had meetings at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday and touched base with President Trump while he was there,” Scalise spokeswoman Lauren Fine said in a statement.
Scalise’s trip followed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) trip to Florida late last month to meet with the former president to discuss plans to take back the House in 2022.
Politico first reported the news of Scalise’s Tuesday meeting with Trump.
The Louisiana Republican’s meeting comes amid what appears to be a fracture within the Republican Party between those who disagree with Trump and want to move on from his presidency, and those who remain his allies.
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