Shooter targets Republican baseball practice

• gut

  House majority whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip.
  
  Gunman - middle aged, overweight white male - fired 50-60+ rounds while 15 Republican congressmen were practicing for the annual Dem-Repub charity softball game. Gunman is either in custody or dead.
  
  Apparently, one guy leaving the practice early was asked if it was Republilcans or Democrats.
  
  
  News networks are waiting for more details before deciding what narrative they will push.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Sounds like this could have been a lot worse. There were two capital police officers there to stop this from being a near massacre.
• CenterBHSFan

  

  I hope all survive. The gunman to face consequences and the victims to return to their families!
• iclfan2

  

  Pretty crazy. It could have been way worse. Had Scalise not been there, there wouldn't have been any protection around.
• gut

  Police: "This was a deliberate act"
  
  No shit, ya think?
• queencitybuckeye

  Just heard the first, highly unlikely reference to "automatic weapon". Only a matter of time before the equally (and intentionally) wrong term "assault rifle" is used.
  
  Hard to take claims of wanting a discussion seriously when they can't wait to tell the same baldfaced lies.
• sleeper

  

  If he was a muslim, this would be terrorism. But the conservative media will white wash this, clean the narrative, and blame liberals instead of acknowledging their double standard and reality.
• iclfan2

  

  Awesome hot take ya jackass
• sleeper

  

  iclfan2;1858949 wrote:Awesome hot take ya jackass

  Not a hot take, reality. Conservative media is a cancer and its undermining Democracy.
• queencitybuckeye

  Is it part of the troll rulebook that you have to attempt to hijack every topic, or can you actually play a real human being once in a while?
• Heretic

  

  That's just insane and fucked up.
• Spock

  

  do we have a motive yet?
• QuakerOats

  Suspect in Virginia shooting identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Illinois, government official tells The Associated Press.
• HitsRus

  

  sleeper;1858947 wrote:If he was a muslim, this would be terrorism. But the liberal media will white wash this, clean the narrative, and blame GUNS instead of acknowledging their double standard and reality.

  FIFY
• sleeper

  

  queencitybuckeye;1858953 wrote:Is it part of the troll rulebook that you have to attempt to hijack every topic, or can you actually play a real human being once in a while?

  There's no troll rule book. What do you want me to say; something POLITICALLY CORRECT?! LOL
  
  Sorry for the loss of life and the injuries, hope everyone is safe. Oh the irony coming from the Fox News/DJT contingent.
• sleeper

  

  HitsRus;1858958 wrote:FIFY

  Well he's white therefore he is a lone wolf. Probably had mental health issues but since Republicans care more about profit for insurance companies and hospitals rather than healthcare he probably wasn't able to afford the care he needs.
• sleeper

  

  Spock;1858955 wrote:do we have a motive yet?

  Terrorism.
• salto

  

  Spock;1858955 wrote:do we have a motive yet?

  The news is reporting something to do with health care, or the loss of.
• iclfan2

  

  sleeper;1858951 wrote:Conservative media is a cancer and its undermining Democracy.

  Laugh out fucking loud. The lefty media has already brought up gun control to hijack the topic. The lefty media is also the ones who paint the right as "monsters" and "nazi's".
  
  Also, if this was the other way around, they'd be blaming Trump already. So GTFO
• SportsAndLady

  

  Thread ban for sleeper please. I'm interested in information on this shooting, not sleeper's troll attempts to get the conservatives of this site riled up.
• sleeper

  

  iclfan2;1858967 wrote:Laugh out fucking loud. The lefty media has already brought up gun control to hijack the topic. The lefty media is also the ones who paint the right as "monsters" and "nazi's".
  
  Also, if this was the other way around, they'd be blaming Trump already. So GTFO

  Sorry you are so brainwashed.
• sleeper

  

  SportsAndLady;1858969 wrote:Thread ban for sleeper please. I'm interested in information on this shooting, not sleeper's troll attempts to get the conservatives of this site riled up.

  Yeah I get my daily news from the OC. Get a life. If you want information on the shooting, try Google.com. Just avoid Fox News and you'll be okay.
• justincredible

  

  SportsAndLady;1858969 wrote:Thread ban for sleeper please. I'm interested in information on this shooting, not sleeper's troll attempts to get the conservatives of this site riled up.

  Ok.
• iclfan2

  

  Spock;1858955 wrote:do we have a motive yet?

  His facebook page identifies him as a Bernie supporting Trump hater.
• QuakerOats

  QuakerOats;1858956 wrote:Suspect in Virginia shooting identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Illinois, government official tells The Associated Press.

  
  He is dead.