BREAKING: Insider Leaks Tragic Update About Majority Whip Scalise – Please Pray
Our prayers go out to Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA), his family, and his colleagues. Scalise is a good man, and we pray that he makes it through this tragic ordeal.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is in critical condition after being shot by a radical leftist at a congressional baseball practice yesterday. Representative Scalise sustained damage to internal organs and will require additional surgery, according to a statement released by MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
Rep. Scalise was one of four people shot early yesterday morning including congressional aide Zach Barth, former aide Matt Mika, and Special Agent David Bailey. Special Agent Crystal Griner was also injured but not shot.
The cowardly shooter has been identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Bellville, Illinois. Hodgkinson volunteered for the Bernie Sanders presidential nomination campaign last year.
Hodgkinson was incapacitated and died before he arrived at the hospital. He was shot by the special agents assigned to Representative Scalise’s security detail and local police who responded to the attack.
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) left the practice minutes before the shooting erupted. He told reporters that he was stopped by a strange man asking if Republicans or Democrats were practicing on the field.
DeSantis believes that the man who stopped him was the shooter and was intentionally targeting Republicans. Police say it is too earlier to determine if the shooting should be considered a terrorist attack.
The entire nation erupted in sympathy for Representative Scalise and the others who were injured yesterday morning. Americans from both sides of the aisle are coming together to offer their thoughts and prayers. President Trump visited Rep. Scalise in the hospital and stated that he “is in very tough shape – but he is a real fighter. Pray for Steve!”
Senator Rand Paul, who was present at the shooting, praised Capitol Hill Police for their decisive action subduing the shooter. “Without the Capitol Hill Police it would have been a massacre,” explained Paul, referring to the attack. “We were like sitting ducks.”
Between 50 and 100 rounds were fired by both the gunman and Capitol police. The shooter was ultimately downed as he approached the dugout where numerous congressman and their staff were seeking cover.