Republican Steve Scalise Ended Twitter Debate After Users Allude to Congressional Shooting

Republican Steve Scalise Ended Twitter Debate After Users Allude to Congressional Shooting
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks to the media after a meeting at Trump Tower in New York City on Dec. 12, 2016. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Steve Scalise, the Republican Minority Whip, ended a debate on Twitter with Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after some Twitter users wrote comments apparently referring to the June 2017 Congressional Shooting, in which Scalise was almost killed by a left-wing sniper.

Early Sunday morning, Scalise posted two screenshots, which shows three Twitter comments inferring political violence, along with his announcement to move the debate away from Twitter.