BREAKING: Unbelievable Announcement Made After What Medical Examiner Found On Congress Killer’s Body
In the wake of the violent shooting that took place on Wednesday in a suburb of D.C., the nation is still holding its collective breath, trying to understand both the reason, and whether it will happen again. This horrendous event was obviously politically motivated, and even though the shooter was shot by security and eventually died of his wounds, we’re left wondering what made him motivated enough to do something like this and whether there are others like him ready to strike.
It’s hard to see something like this as anything other than domestic terrorism. Yes, we usually equate that phrase with those who ascribe to a particular religion, but the word “terrorism” brings with it the connotation of someone who’s attempting to manipulate a large group of people with fear. I think that would be an accurate portrayal of what this far left individual was attempting to do. He wanted to beat down the Republicans ideals with the threat of violence and death.
What’s even scarier is that this attack may have been more planned than what we even originally thought. This shooter was (thankfully) stopped at his first outburst, however, it appears as if he had an entire hit list of objectionable conservatives that he planned to eliminate. The list that was found by investigators sheds a disturbing light on the shooter’s plans.
Via Daily Caller:
“James T. Hodgkinson, the shooter who opened fire on dozens of Republican congressmen and staffers at a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, had a list of Republican names in his pocket that was recovered by the FBI, The Daily Caller has learned.
The news that the shooter had a list of names suggests the shooting was not a random outburst, but instead appears to be a premeditated political assassination.
The list was written out on notepad paper and found in the shooter’s pocket, according to multiple sources with intimate knowledge of the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the investigation. The list of names included Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan and Arizona Rep. Trent Franks, TheDC has confirmed. Fox News reported after this story that Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, Tennessee Rep. Scott DesJarlais and Virginia Rep. Morgan Griffith are also on the list. All six congressmen are members of the House Freedom Caucus, which contains the lower chamber’s most conservative members.
The FBI has contacted the congressmen to inform them of their inclusion on the list. Rep. Franks confirmed to Fox News that law enforcement officials have told him he is on the list.
‘For those still wondering, he didn’t hate baseball or beautiful summer mornings in June,’ White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said in reference to this article. ‘He hated Republicans.’
The FBI’s Washington field office, which is handling the investigation, provided no comment, citing the ongoing investigation.
Both Duncan and Brooks attended Wednesday’s baseball practice.
Duncan said he spoke with Hodgkinson briefly before the shooting, when the would-be assassin asked him in the parking lot if the players on the field were Republicans or Democrats. Duncan said he answered that the players were Republicans, before leaving the field. Brooks was still present on the field when Hodgkinson began shooting with a rifle, wounding four people including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. The gunman died after being shot by a member of Scalise’s security detail.
The FBI also recovered a cell phone, a computer and a camera in the shooter’s van and is processing the items, according to a statement the agency issued on Thursday.
A 66-year-old progressive who volunteered on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign, Hodgkinson’s social media profile was filled with violent-sounding rhetoric against the Republican Party. “It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co,” Hodgkinson wrote in one post. He also belonged to several anti-GOP groups on Facebook, including one called “Terminate The Republican Party.” The members of that group celebrated Hodgkinson’s mass assassination