As political figures across Louisiana and the country reacted to the fatal shooting of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, had an especially personal take .

Scalise was gravely wounded in a shooting at practice for the Congressional baseball game in 2017 that also injured three others.

“Yesterday was a tough day." Scalise said during an interview on CBS. "I'm praying for his family, and I think we all need to keep Charlie's family, my gosh, that beautiful young family in our prayers. But then we had votes on the House floor, and we were on the House floor for about an hour and a half. It was hard to focus because my mind just kept going back to Charlie and his family."

Kirk, founder of conservative youth orga

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