Scalise visits Mar-A-Lago for private meeting with former President Trump By Mykal Vincent | February 18, 2021 at 11:58 AM CST - Updated February 19 at 10:55 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, privately met with former President Donald Trump in Florida earlier this week. CNN calls it the “latest example of splintering views among leading congressional Republicans” on the role Trump plays in the future of the party. “He’s in Florida this week on political travel and had meetings at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday and touched base with President Trump while he was there,” Scalise’s spokeswoman Lauren Fine told CNN. Politico first reported the meeting.