Posted on 06/14/2017 8:06:48 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
James T. Hodgkinson has been identified as the shooter who opened fire on Republican members of Congress Wednesday morning at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, the Washington Post reports.
Hodgkinson, 66, is from Belleville, Illinois, the newspaper reports. A motive for the shooting is not yet known.
The gunman was shot by two Capitol Hill Police officers who were at the scene as a security detail for Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip, who was among those shot. The two police officers were also wounded, along with a staffer for Rep. Roger Williams of Texas. Scalise and the officers are expected to survive.
Witnesses described the gunman as being a white male. Rep. Mo Brooks told CNN the shooter was a “middle-aged” man “a little bit yon the chubby side.”
Alexandria Police Chief Michael Brown said his officers and Capitol Police officers exchanged fire with the gunman.
Sources told the CNN it was a “deliberate attack.”
The GOP baseball team was practicing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria when the shooting occurred. The Republican team was preparing to play its annual game against Democratic congressmen at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
This story is developing and little is known about the gunman so far. This post will be updated as more information is made available: 1. Hodgkinson Is a Supporter of Bernie Sanders & Democratic Socialism, According to His Facebook Page
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James T. Hodgkinson on Twitter
I can’t link the picture here, but he is a member of the Facebook group: Terminate the Republican Party. It has 13,000 members.
Union guy.
Motive: H.R 785 / S. 545
The motive is the democrat party and its leader, the mainstream media, is driving their lunatic base insane with their nonstop bullshit.
This is going to get worse.
But old Bernuts thinks Christians are the problem.
A motive for the shooting is not yet known.
HAH! Bet we can figure it out in a nano second.
https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjthodgkinson%2Fphotos
https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjthodgkinson%2Fphotos
Pix on his FB page. Democrat Socialist. Bernie/Bernie quotes.
I think Griffin’s Trump head stunt was the trigger for a lot of these Demo-idiots to start CW II.
LOL!!! The newest reviews are reflecting his nuttiness.
Democrat Socialists = ISIS
Has it been confirmed yet if this nut is alive or dead???
Please please please let him still be alive.....God only knows what “wonderful” lefty talking points he’ll keep spewing during his trial.
I’m going to bet that it turns out this leftist douchebag only recently purchased this rifle. He obviously wasn’t any kind of marksman.
They got him alive. Expect his trial in 2021.
MOTIVE NOT KNOW? Just read his Facebook posts....! https://www.facebook.com/jthodgkinson
Well, we know there’s one person who believes the Republicans are doing a threat.
Do we send people to Congress to play baseball?
And the plays, coverage, twitter, ect.
This was a goal, and the MSM will be blaming the “tone” from Trump soon.
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