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AN OUTRAGE FROM THE FBI. On June 14, 2017, a team of Republican lawmakers went to an athletic field in Alexandria, Virginia to practice for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. As they worked out, a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle and pistol approached and opened fire. Representative Steve Scalise, the House Republican whip, was gravely wounded. A lobbyist was also seriously hurt, and a congressional aide and Capitol Police officer were wounded, as well.
The shooter, James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, was an active Bernie Sanders supporter who hated Republicans and particularly hated then-President Donald Trump. Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It s Time to Destroy Trump & Co., Hodgkinson posted on his Facebook page. He thought of himself as part of the Resistance. He joined Facebook groups like Terminate The Republican Party and Join