{"id":848414,"date":"2021-10-05T09:58:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T13:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=848414"},"modified":"2021-10-05T09:58:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T13:58:44","slug":"the-fake-news-media-machine-against-president-trump-steve-scalise-pushes-back-on-claim-melania-didnt-visit-his-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fake-news-media-machine-against-president-trump-steve-scalise-pushes-back-on-claim-melania-didnt-visit-his-family\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Fake News Media Machine Against President Trump\u2019: Steve Scalise Pushes Back On Claim Melania Didn\u2019t Visit His Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-fake-news-media-machine-against-president-trump-steve-scalise-pushes-back-on-claim-melania-didnt-visit-his-family%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=848414&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>House Republican Whip Steve Scalise pushed back Monday night against claims from former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham that former first lady Melania Trump refused to meet Scalise after he was shot because she already visited him at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how the fake news media machine against President Trump and Melania Trump works,\u201d Scalise tweeted. \u201cThis never happened. My family went to visit the White House while I was still in the hospital and were graciously given a tour by President and Mrs. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.8551532033426\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\uddf5 THREAD:<\/p>\n<p>This is how the fake news media machine against President Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MELANIATRUMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MELANIATRUMP<\/a> works. This never happened. My family went to visit the White House while I was still in the hospital and were graciously given a tour by President and Mrs. Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oqwIUebtNg\">https:\/\/t.co\/oqwIUebtNg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pzJmEq1G1w\">pic.twitter.com\/pzJmEq1G1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveScalise\/status\/1445182774143504385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scalise called the story \u201canother pathetic attempt by a disgraced former staffer to tell lies in order to sell books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact they need to stoop so low to make up verifiably false stories about a shooting victim and his family to paint a false picture of the Trumps tells you everything you need to know about their credibility,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Scalise was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/07\/06\/scalise-remains-in-serious-condition-following-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shot<\/a> during a GOP baseball practice in 2017 by a Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders supporter who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/11\/06\/steve-scalises-recovery-photos-congress-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stalked<\/a> out the field where the GOP team practiced.<\/p>\n<p>Grisham alleged that the former first lady declined an offer to meet Scalise and his family after they visited the White House unannounced shortly after Scalise\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer response was, \u2018No, I already said hello,&#8217;\u201d Grisham wrote, noting the first lady was allegedly referencing her visit to the hospital, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/melania-trump-refused-scalise-meeting-white-house-after-shooting-grisham-2021-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insider<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/01\/former-donald-trump-press-sec-nickname-melania-trump-given-secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Former Trump Press Secretary Reveals Melania Trump\u2019s Nickname Reportedly Given By Secret Service)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Scalise did share photos of his family at the White House with the former president and first lady, it appears the photos were from a separate visit, as Scalise noted he was still in the hospital at the time of the visit, while Grisham seemed to document another account.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller reached out to Scalise but did not receive a response at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>In her <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/28\/press-secretary-trump-stephanie-grisham-colonoscopy-trump-pence-ill-take-your-questions-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new book<\/a> \u201cI\u2019ll Take Your Questions Now,\u201d Grisham levies a slew of accusations against the former first family, claiming Trump was obsessed with control and was angry toward her and others frequently, calling it \u201cterrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has refuted Grisham\u2019s allegations, saying \u201cshe had big problems and we felt that she should work out those problems for herself,\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/28\/us\/politics\/stephanie-grishams-book-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republican Whip Steve Scalise pushed back Monday night against claims from former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham that former first lady Melania Trump refused to meet Scalise after &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}