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A gunman opened fire at U.S. Congressmen and others who were gathered at a practice this morning for the Congressional Baseball Game. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and at least four others were reportedly injured. The gunman, who has been identified by unnamed sources as James T. Hodgkinson III, was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries:
A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire Wednesday at a park in Alexandria, Va., as Republican members of Congress held a morning baseball practice, wounding at least five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (La.).
The suspected gunman is James T. Hodgkinson III, 66, from Illinois, according to multiple law enforcement sources. President Trump announced that the gunman, who was wounded in a shootout with officers, has died at an area hospital.
The wounded also included two Capitol Police officers and a congressional aide, according to one law enforcement official and witness accounts.
Congressman Scalise was shot in the hip and is in stable condition.
Hodgkinson's motive may have already been identified by the media:
A Facebook page belonging to a person with the same name includes pictures of Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, and rhetoric against President Trump, including a post that reads: "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co."
Charles Orear, 50, a restaurant manager from St. Louis, said in an interview Wednesday that he became friendly with Hodgkinson during their work together in Iowa on Sanders's campaign. Orear said Hodgkinson was a passionate progressive and showed no signs of violence or malice toward others.
Also at LA Times, Reuters, The Atlantic, The Hill, and CNN.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Thursday June 15 2017, @02:20AM (4 children)
I don't think Hillary and her masters had a war with Russia planned, too much risk of some patriotic soldier on either side escalating until they hit MAD.
I am sure she was gearing up for a full on war with Iran. No nukes, biggish army, nasty terrain, massive amounts of warbucks to be made, and who cares about the G.I.s who will die for the Lizard profits.
Sad thing is, Trump is possibly heading there too, but it's not as certain.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 15 2017, @01:32PM
"Sad thing is, Trump is possibly heading there too, but it's not as certain."
It's the only thing he can do to survive, politically. Perhaps he's too hapless to realize that and make that move.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday June 15 2017, @02:12PM (2 children)
The real reason for that upcoming attack is that Iran presents a salient on the southern Russian front in the global game of Risk that the strategists in Washington never stopped playing. What, you thought it was a coincidence that there are now US allies all along Russia's western border and much of its southern border? And that Iran is surrounded on 3 sides with US military presence? These guys have never forgiven Mikhail Gorbachev for ending the Cold War without a US army in Moscow.
Well, that, and Iran has oil and natural gas.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 15 2017, @09:27PM (1 child)
What are all those strategists going to do with themselves in 7 years when oil and natural gas are as passe as whale oil? Does the Great Game shift to securing sources of cobalt? Maybe it's war under the sea for krill supplies?
Maybe the rest of humanity would fare much better by removing all those people from anything important and putting them in therapy to help them cope with their penis envy.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by toddestan on Saturday June 17 2017, @03:28PM
I'm pretty sure in 7 years these strategists will be playing the same game they are now. Keep in mind they still think they are fighting the Cold War which actually ended over 25 years ago. I don't think another 7 years is going to matter much.