Top Republican spotted 'living it up' on beach as shutdown drags on: report
Source: Raw Story
April 3, 2026 10:31PM ET
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was spotted vacationing in Alabama as the government shutdown continues, according to photos obtained by TMZ.
The Louisiana Republican, the second-highest ranking member of the House behind Speaker Mike Johnson, was seen near Orange Beach during the current congressional recess.
TMZ reported Friday that Scalise was photographed walking out of a local seafood market with a bag of food while accompanied by a two-person security detail and a driver. The outlet described the MAGA lawmaker as “living it up on the Floribama shore” during what it characterized as a two-week break from Washington, D.C.
Scalise is among several members of Congress who have been spotted away from the Capitol during the shutdown, as lawmakers fled D.C. for the recess – without fully funding the government.
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Link to TMZ article - Rep. Steve Scalise This Shutdown's a Beach!!!
Last fall, he as House Majority Leader, along with SOH Mikie, kept the House on vacation for 7 weeks during a shutdown, refusing to do any legislative work, and even refusing to swear in newly-elected (after a special election) AZ Rep. Adelita Grijalva, who replaced her father, (D) stalwart Raúl Grijalva, who had passed away.
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…I don’t think sensationalizing him on a grocery shopping trip in an area that’s a 2-3 hour drive from his district as “living it up” warrants the bandwidth used to post it.
He looks like he just got a call from his wife who told him “don’t forget the tartar sauce”. He’s looks like he’s thinking “shit, they were out so now I gotta stop at Publix too…I hate Publix”.
Fly to Cancun during a winter blackout…yeah
Boondoggle to Europe for museum tours with the family…living it up.
Running to the store for 2# of breaded catfish and a pound of boiled shrimp, maybe some salmon, for a Friday home cooked dinner during lent…not to much.
His position on just about every issue of importance to this country and democracy…yeah, he’s really f’cking deplorable. Grocery shopping ain’t one of them.
IMHO.
Grocery shopping doesn’t exemplify any of them. It’s a tan suit issue.
even get a "Spring Break"?
As I grew up, I was told "Spring Break' always applied to students. Not one time did I every hear of employed citizens getting a "Spring Break". Of all the jobs I had, I never got a "spring break". Imagine how every receiving a spring break at the same time would effect the real world. It would be a disaster.
So why do the losers in Congress get a "Spring break, along with all the other breaks they get throughout the year?
Oops.... look what I found. Congress works less than half the year, with the House averaging 147 legislative days annually.
These people don't have a job. THEY HAVE A POSITION!!!!!
