In case you're wondering how The NY Times is framing Scalise [View all]

[NYC Liberal]

They’re going with “unifier who has overcome great personal hardship”

Despite an icy relationship with Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Scalise was able to pull together a small majority in a fractious and rebellious conference, securing the support of members from districts won by President Biden as well as the support of members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus.

The elevation of Mr. Scalise, 58, who has been the No. 2 Republican in the chamber, is a vote of confidence for a man who has overcome great personal hardship to rise in the ranks of Republican leadership.

In Congress since 2008, he was diagnosed with blood cancer over the summer and is now undergoing intense treatment, which has prompted him to wear a mask to vote on the House floor and attend news conferences. And in 2017, during a practice for a congressional baseball game, an anti-Trump extremist shot and seriously wounded Mr. Scalise. He still walks with a limp.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/11/us/house-speaker-vote-news