After condemning Rep. Maxine Waters’s “confrontational” comment, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise brushed off a whataboutism question, pointing to then-President Donald Trump’s statements on Jan. 6 ahead of a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“President Trump used the words peaceful when he talked about, you know, the statements that he made,” Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, said at a press conference on Tuesday when asked if Waters’s comments were on par with Trump’s.