This crime should be a wake-up call.
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He added that the police’s “sacrifice makes democracy possible”. Sanders’ 2016 run for the presidency.
Authorities say the gunman in Alexandria, Virgina was 66-year-old James Hodgkinson who lived in Belleville, which is a town in southwestern IL off Interstate 64.
“Here’s a Republican that should lose his job, but they gave him a raise, ” James T. Hodgkinson allegedly wrote in a 2015 post to his Facebook account, referring to the Louisiana congressman.
Scalise was one of the people Hodgkinson shot.
“I just want to let people know he wasn’t evil, just exhausted of some of politics going on”, a friend of Hodgkinson said.
Many Americans aren’t happy with the way the nation has been going. His demeanor was “calm”, witness Falisa Peoples said.
The wife of the man authorities say shot Rep.
A half-dozen patrons gathered at the tavern Thursday afternoon for the $1 taco special and to shoot pool said Hodgkinson didn’t hang out there and wasn’t known to them.
Investigators may get some clues as to Hodgkinson’s motivation by talking to family members and others who knew him. “He said. ‘OK, thanks, ‘ turned around”.
He then pointed a shotgun at the friend’s boyfriend and fired apparent warning shots. Sanders also wished a “quick and full recovery” for Representative Scalise, his staff, and the capitol police officers wounded in the shooting.
His Facebook page shows he was a fan of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced the shooter was a volunteer for the senator’s failed presidential campaign.
“I am sickened by this despicable act”.
Details have emerged of the violent past of an anti-Republican fanatic who shot a United States congressman at a practice session for a charity baseball match.
Sanders says violence is unacceptable, and says only “nonviolent action” can bring change.
The gunman, identified by law officials as James Hodgkinson, died after the shootout.
Trump, a Republican, won the U.S. presidential election in November. Indeed, several witnesses said if not for these officers, the ballpark would have become a killing field.
Meanwhile, Congress is getting back to business today. His condition is critical, and he will require additional operations.
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