Is Steve Scalise a conservative?

Stephen Joseph Scalise is an American politician who serves as the House Majority Leader and representative for Louisiana’s 1st congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the House Minority Whip from 2019 to 2023. Scalise is in his ninth House term, having held his seat since 2008.

Is Steve Scalise a conservative?

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives nominated Steve Scalise to be the chamber’s next speaker on Wednesday, a challenging role after hard-right members of his party cut short the tenure of the last three holders of the position.

But the New Orleans-born lawmaker has faced adversity before — including a 2017 shooting when he was badly wounded by a gunman angry about then-President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers.

Scalise was nearly killed in 2017 when a gunman angry about Trump attacked a group of Republican lawmakers practicing for the annual congressional charity baseball game. He returned to a standing ovation on the House floor.

The experience did not diminish Scalise’s support for gun rights, and he said in an October 2017 interview with Fox News Channel that the shooting “fortified” his feelings about them.