Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) said it was “disgusting” for his Republican colleague Rep. Matt Gaetz Matthew (Matt) GaetzLara Trump campaigns with far-right activist candidate Laura Loomer in Florida House to vote on removing cannabis from list of controlled substances The Hill's 12:30 Report: Sights and sounds from GOP convention night 1 MORE (Fla.) to send a tweet appearing to threaten former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen the night before Cohen's congressional testimony.

Scott, the former governor of Florida, told the Tampa Bay Times that Gaetz’s actions this week were “embarrassing.”

“We shouldn’t be doing that stuff up here. You might not like what somebody is going to say but you shouldn’t be trying to intimidate them or their family, it’s wrong,” Scott said. “I think it’s disgusting and I’m glad he apologized.”

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Scott was referring to a Tuesday tweet that Gaetz wrote questioning Cohen’s faithfulness to his wife one day before Cohen’s scheduled appearance before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

“Hey @MichaelCohen212 — Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends?” Gaetz wrote in the now-deleted tweet. “Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot…”

Gaetz, a staunch ally of the president and a critic of Scott, faced widespread criticism for his remarks, which many condemned as witness intimidation.

The Florida Bar confirmed Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into whether Gaetz, a licensed attorney in the state, violated professional conduct rules with his tweet.

Gaetz apologized publicly Wednesday, saying, "it was NOT my intent to threaten [Cohen], as some believe I did."

He told the Tampa Bay Times that he reached out to Cohen via text message.

“I told him I was sorry and I shouldn’t have mentioned his family,” Gaetz said. “He appreciated that I acknowledged that mistake on my part. He asked me to publicly ask folks to leave his family alone and I thought that was a fair request.”

Cohen testified publicly in front of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday, during which the former Trump lawyer made a number of explosive claims about Trump's behavior on the campaign trail and in office.