The remark seemed off under any circumstance, but at the White House’s Congressional Ball, it was downright weird.

Trump was completing shoutouts to prominent Republicans when he turned to Scalise, who survived the shooting at a congressional softball game practice and is now in his ninth term in the House.

“I went to the hospital and they actually thought he wasn’t going to make it,” Trump said. “His wife was devastated. She was crying. I tell the story. I found out that night you have a wife that loves you dearly. I know many wives who would not even be crying.”

Critics on X didn’t find the humor in his retelling.