'The Man Who Would Be Speaker
The odds are against Steve Scalise—but he's used to that.'
'Scalise is a pro-life immigration hawk who, even in the aftermath of his own shooting, remains a staunch advocate of gun rights.'
'His trauma surgeons told me it was “astounding” he made it to the hospital alive.
Scalise prefers the word “miraculous.” It was a miracle he lived through that first night after the shooting, and a miracle when, 15 weeks later, he rose from his wheelchair and walked into the House chamber to get back to work. “I know He has a plan for me,” he told me a few hours after that prayer breakfast in April. “I don’t know what it is just yet.” '
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