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In reply to the discussion: The man who shot Steve Scalise [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(58,345 posts)10. "Hodgkinson was a left-wing political activist from Belleville, Illinois ..."
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Congressional baseball shooting
On June 14, 2017, a mass shooting occurred during a practice session for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity in Alexandria, Virginia, where six people were shot, including U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, U.S. Capitol police officer Crystal Griner, congressional aide Zack Barth, and lobbyist Matt Mika, by 66-year-old James Hodgkinson. A ten-minute shootout took place between Hodgkinson and officers from the Capitol and Alexandria Police before officers shot Hodgkinson, who died from his wounds later that day at the George Washington University Hospital. Scalise and Mika were taken to nearby hospitals where they underwent surgery.
Hodgkinson was a left-wing political activist from Belleville, Illinois, while Scalise was a Republican member of Congress. The Virginia Attorney General concluded Hodgkinson's attack was "an act of terrorism... fueled by rage against Republican legislators". Scalise was the first sitting member of Congress to have been shot since Arizona Representative Gabby Giffords was shot in 2011.
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Motives
Hodgkinson had participated in the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign during the 2016 United States presidential election, and was described by a fellow campaigner in Iowa as a "quiet guy, very mellow, very reserved".
Republican Congressman Mike Bost, who represents Hodgkinson's home district, said had contacted his office ten times, but "never with any threats, only anger".
He wrote 27 letters to the editor of the Belleville News-Democrat between March 2008 and September 2012 on various political and economic topics, many of which were anti-Republican.
On May 22, Hodgkinson wrote "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co." above his repost of a Change.org petition demanding "the legal removal" of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for "treason". He belonged to numerous political Facebook groups, including those named "Terminate the Republican Party", "The Road To Hell Is Paved With Republicans", and "Donald Trump is not my President."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which took over the investigation, said on June 14 that it was too early to ascribe a motive for the shootings. It put out a request for public assistance with "any information regarding Hodgkinson".
On June 16, USA Today reported, citing an anonymous source, that the FBI found a list of names, including those of Republican Congressmen Mo Brooks, Jeff Duncan and Trent Franks, in Hodgkinson's pocket.
On June 21, FBI agent Timothy Slater said the names of six congressmen were written on a piece of paper found in an Alexandria storage locker rented to Hodgkinson. He said it did not appear to be a hit list, and that its significance was unclear.
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On June 14, 2017, a mass shooting occurred during a practice session for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity in Alexandria, Virginia, where six people were shot, including U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, U.S. Capitol police officer Crystal Griner, congressional aide Zack Barth, and lobbyist Matt Mika, by 66-year-old James Hodgkinson. A ten-minute shootout took place between Hodgkinson and officers from the Capitol and Alexandria Police before officers shot Hodgkinson, who died from his wounds later that day at the George Washington University Hospital. Scalise and Mika were taken to nearby hospitals where they underwent surgery.
Hodgkinson was a left-wing political activist from Belleville, Illinois, while Scalise was a Republican member of Congress. The Virginia Attorney General concluded Hodgkinson's attack was "an act of terrorism... fueled by rage against Republican legislators". Scalise was the first sitting member of Congress to have been shot since Arizona Representative Gabby Giffords was shot in 2011.
{snip}
Motives
Hodgkinson had participated in the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign during the 2016 United States presidential election, and was described by a fellow campaigner in Iowa as a "quiet guy, very mellow, very reserved".
Republican Congressman Mike Bost, who represents Hodgkinson's home district, said had contacted his office ten times, but "never with any threats, only anger".
He wrote 27 letters to the editor of the Belleville News-Democrat between March 2008 and September 2012 on various political and economic topics, many of which were anti-Republican.
On May 22, Hodgkinson wrote "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co." above his repost of a Change.org petition demanding "the legal removal" of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for "treason". He belonged to numerous political Facebook groups, including those named "Terminate the Republican Party", "The Road To Hell Is Paved With Republicans", and "Donald Trump is not my President."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which took over the investigation, said on June 14 that it was too early to ascribe a motive for the shootings. It put out a request for public assistance with "any information regarding Hodgkinson".
On June 16, USA Today reported, citing an anonymous source, that the FBI found a list of names, including those of Republican Congressmen Mo Brooks, Jeff Duncan and Trent Franks, in Hodgkinson's pocket.
On June 21, FBI agent Timothy Slater said the names of six congressmen were written on a piece of paper found in an Alexandria storage locker rented to Hodgkinson. He said it did not appear to be a hit list, and that its significance was unclear.
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Democrats would have prevented the guy from getting a gun in the first place if they could
Walleye
Oct 2022
#1
There's a key reason why he's called "the man who shot Steve Scalise"
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2022
#4
Hmmm. I don't remember mobs of so-called leftists roaming the capital shouting "where is Steve?"
Walleye
Oct 2022
#6
You are absolutely right. Nothing like it has ever happened before. it is so hard to comprehend
Walleye
Oct 2022
#43
"The guy who shot Scalise was a Bernie-or-Buster, voted for Jill Stein"
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2022
#5
In DU's own rules, they say that Bernie must be regarded as a Democrat as far as the rules go here
LiberalLovinLug
Oct 2022
#62
"Hodgkinson was a left-wing political activist from Belleville, Illinois ..."
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2022
#10
He also died from his wounds. Unlike a lot of RW nutters who are allowed to surrender to police.
Probatim
Oct 2022
#20
The post actually shows why bothsiderism is BS. Bernie/Democrats don't engage in violent rhetoric
emulatorloo
Oct 2022
#16
Maybe the same way I missed all the ads with Scalise highlighted in gunsights
GopherGal
Oct 2022
#50
There's only one side that has insane loud mouths on TV 24 hours a day demonizing the other side.
Initech
Oct 2022
#35
The media needs to be told this over and over. I can no longer post on Twitter but the
Samrob
Oct 2022
#42
Keep seeing them claim both sides, that "neither side has a monopoly on violence"
betsuni
Oct 2022
#58