House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., likened the surgeries he faced after he was shot at a Republicans baseball practice to “rebuilding Humpty Dumpty,” and said there was a “lot of damage inside” his surgeons had to fix.
“I found out later just how much damage was done internally,” Scalise told “60 Minutes” in an interview that will air Sunday. “You know, I mean, my femur was shattered. The hip and pelvis had serious damage where the bullet went through and, you know, did some damage to areas that had to be shored up with steel plates, and then they did a phenomenal job of rebuilding, you know, kind of the, rebuilding of Humpty Dumpty.”
Scalise was shot in the hip by a gunman, identified as James Hodgkinson, who opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for the annual congressional baseball game in June.
The Louisiana Republican has been at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., since the shooting and has undergone numerous surgeries. He is in intensive rehab and has been re-learning how to walk.
Scalise said doctors had to “put me back together again.”
It was initially unknown when the Louisiana Republican would return to work. But in a surprise announcement Thursday morning, the majority whip’s office announced Scalise will return to Congress on Thursday to cast his first vote since the shooting and address colleagues on the House floor.
Scalise’s appearance on “60 Minutes” is the first television interview he’s given since the June shooting. The majority whip, his wife, Jennifer, and his doctors will appear in the segment.
