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Gunman fires on Alexandria park during GOP baseball practice; lawmaker Scalise among wounded


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A gunman opened fire Wednesday morning on a baseball practice at a park in Alexandria involving Republican members of Congress, injuring several people including at least one lawmaker, Steve Scalise, the majority whip, according to police and a congressman.

Alexandria police would confirm only that a shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park had occurred and that one person was in custody.

I've been wondering how long it was going to take before something like this happened, what with the way the media ratchets up the Right v. Left narrative. If you treat something like combat long enough, some loon is going to make it physical.

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Got a name. James T. Hodgkinson. Online presence amounts to an anti-Trump screed. 

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You can thank these jack ass pundits who try to make a name for themselves by being extremists and spewing hate and idiocy like that Tomi Lahren and others.  We have a president who creates this hate and acts like a child.  We have a house and senate that act like children, spoiled little brats that don't know how to share, we got agenda driven news media that spread hate and lies to their faithful and badger real journalists.  Our mental health issues as a society are at an all time high, with decreasing care.  Recipe for these type of incidents is at the highest level and it is their own fault.

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30 minutes ago, auburnphan said:

You can thank these jack ass pundits who try to make a name for themselves by being extremists and spewing hate and idiocy like that Tomi Lahren and others.  We have a president who creates this hate and acts like a child.  We have a house and senate that act like children, spoiled little brats that don't know how to share, we got agenda driven news media that spread hate and lies to their faithful and badger real journalists.  Our mental health issues as a society are at an all time high, with decreasing care.  Recipe for these type of incidents is at the highest level and it is their own fault.

The "hate" started with the Democrats and the MSM on George W. Bush. Obama also greatly fanned the flames of this hate.

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The shooter is dead.

How about we not use this incident as a cudgel to be a**holes to one another?

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7 minutes ago, PUB78 said:

The "hate" started with the Democrats and the MSM on George W. Bush. Obama also greatly fanned the flames of this hate.

not exactly, but who cares right now....my point was the current situation and this s*** needs to stop from both sides.

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After Kathy Griffin and the mock Trump beheading, the shakespeare in the park play depicting the assassination of Trum and the first lady, Chuck schumer's mocking the president etc...all just hammering away with this hate, now this?...its hard to see it happens from both sides. But you are totally correct in that it does need to stop from both sides...

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3 minutes ago, SaturdayGT said:

After Kathy Griffin and the mock Trump beheading, the shakespeare in the park play depicting the assassination of Trum and the first lady, Chuck schumer's mocking the president etc...all just hammering away with this hate, now this?...its hard to see it happens from both sides. But you are totally correct in that it does need to stop from both sides...

It was a play about Julius Ceasar.  Have you ever read it?

It's quite common to stage it with a contemporary theme as was done with Obama and Bush. 

And really, Chuck Schumer?  <_<

 

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8 minutes ago, SaturdayGT said:

After Kathy Griffin and the mock Trump beheading, the shakespeare in the park play depicting the assassination of Trum and the first lady, Chuck schumer's mocking the president etc...all just hammering away with this hate, now this?...its hard to see it happens from both sides. But you are totally correct in that it does need to stop from both sides...

This isn't an escalation. It's a continuation. Obama dealt with it (Effigies of him being burned or hanging from a tree were extremely common). Bush dealt with it too. I believe anyone that claims otherwise has a blind spot.

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15 minutes ago, homersapien said:

It was a play about Julius Ceasar.  Have you ever read it?

It's quite common to stage it with a contemporary theme as was done with Obama and Bush. 

And really, Chuck Schumer?  <_<

 

A review of one such performance with Obama in the role of Caesar.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/shakesblog/obamas-ides-of-march/

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You all are correct. Currently, it had been hard to see that it happens on both sides. When it happens, it makes situations like today hard not to get worked up to much. All of this over the top polital stuff needs to stop. 

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2 hours ago, PUB78 said:

The "hate" started with the Democrats and the MSM on George W. Bush. Obama also greatly fanned the flames of this hate.

Exactly spot on.

 

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34 minutes ago, Proud Tiger said:

Exactly spot on.

 

  How about the hate spread where Trump was a racist because of david dukes supporting him, and all of Trump supporters were passive racists for continuing to support Trump.....I hope we don't see a lot of republicans saying Sanders voters are passive "pro gun down the GOP" and Sanders is some ring leader....

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SMH

 

@GabbyGiffords BS, you probably staged this for another gun-grab attempt. Sorry, TRAITOR, it's NOT going to work.

@GabbyGiffords @CR People like you enable this by trying to ban legal firearms go F yourself

@GabbyGiffords @NancyPelosi To bad it was not her

@GabbyGiffords @rosannascotto Here we go with the anti #2A crap again.

@GabbyGiffords You leftist extremists are responsible for this tragedy.

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1 minute ago, Bigbens42 said:

SMH

 

@GabbyGiffords BS, you probably staged this for another gun-grab attempt. Sorry, TRAITOR, it's NOT going to work.

@GabbyGiffords @CR People like you enable this by trying to ban legal firearms go F yourself

@GabbyGiffords @NancyPelosi To bad it was not her

@GabbyGiffords @rosannascotto Here we go with the anti #2A crap again.

@GabbyGiffords You leftist extremists are responsible for this tragedy.

Those are disgusting and embarrassing.

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3 hours ago, PUB78 said:

The "hate" started with the Democrats and the MSM on George W. Bush. Obama also greatly fanned the flames of this hate.

Oh the short memories we have.  The I can remember the vicious "hate" for Bill Clinton.  Let's not pretend this escalation of tensions between political factions in this country can be laid at the feet of only one side.  That's naive or dishonest.

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2 hours ago, homersapien said:

Image result for obama effigy

So you are implying that if this happened on a stage in NY or in Central Park...people would think it was OK....and would probably even laugh?   

C'mon....stupid people do stupid things all the time but I'm betting no big city newspaper thought this incident was an acceptable expression of someone's First Amendment rights.

 

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10 minutes ago, SaturdayGT said:

Those are disgusting and embarrassing.

And sadly all too common.

Hell, look at the posters here more interested in justifying such behavior (the left started it!). That's a childish excuse for behaving like an a**hole. Can't we all just condemn what deserves condemnation instead of trying to keep score?

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10 minutes ago, Bigbens42 said:

And sadly all too common.

Hell, look at the posters here more interested in justifying such behavior (the left started it!). That's a childish excuse for behaving like an a**hole. Can't we all just condemn what deserves condemnation instead of trying to keep score?

People get ugly when they feel they have been ugly to. People see that members of their own party they follow were attacked with a gun by a supporter of the opposing party. Its sad that it escalates, but I would not expect much different from either side in the same situation.  Not justifying it or trying to make an excuse for it. It just is what it is...

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