Article snippet: LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Democratic Party removed a party official from his post Thursday after he was recorded saying he was glad U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise got shot and that he wished the Louisiana Republican had died. Phil Montag was ousted as the volunteer co-chairman of the party's technology committee, said party chairwoman Jane Kleeb. In the recording, Montag used a series of obscenities to describe Scalise and said he hated the congressman whose job was to "convince Republicans to (expletive) kick people off (expletive) health care." The recording was posted on YouTube and published on political blogs. Scalise suffered life-threatening injuries after he was shot June 14 along with four other people at a Republican congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. He remains hospitalized in fair condition. The gunman, James T. Hodgkinson, was shot and killed, and searches into his past revealed a long history of lashing out at Republicans. Montag made the comments during a private meeting with the party's Black Caucus chairwoman, Chelsey Gentry-Tipton, and a friend of hers, Destin Madison. "I'm glad he got shot," Montag said in the recording, in the middle of a heated exchange. "I'm not going to (expletive) say that in public." Later, he added: "I wish he was (expletive) dead." Madison then told Montag on the tape that he had secretly recorded his remarks and planned to publicize them. A phone listing for Madison appeared to be a wrong number, and... Link to the full article to read more