Report: James T. Hodgkinson, Shooting Suspect, Campaigned for Bernie Sanders

Breitbart.com ^ | 14 Jun 2017 | Joel B. Pollak

[Rockitz]

The Washington Post reports that James T. Hodgkinson, the suspect in the Alexandria shooting that wounded Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and three others at a Republican baseball practice Wednesday morning campaigned for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election. The Post and other outlets have identified the suspect as James T. Hodgkinson, a 66-year-old man from Belleville, IL who reportedly owns a home inspections business.

The Post‘s Robert Costa interviewed a man who says that he and Hodgkinson campaigned for Sanders in Iowa:

Charles Orear, 50, a restaurant manager from St. Louis, said in an interview Wednesday that he became friendly with James T. Hodgkinson, whom law enforcement officials identified as the shooter, during their work in Iowa on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign. Orear said Hodgkinson was a passionate progressive and showed no signs of violence or malice toward others.

Hodgkinson had reportedly moved to Alexandria recently.

[SharpRightTurn]

“a passionate progressive ... showed no signs of violence or malice toward others.”

Those two phrases typically do not mesh.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I wonder how happy Kathy Griffin is.

All these liberals have been pushing for violence against Republicans.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Waiting for Bernie Sanders to disavow this progressive loon..oh yeah almost forgot, that’s only when a Republican does something bad..Hey Media, every single day you call for Trumps MURDER, you laugh at a play in New York City showing Trump’s assassination, you laugh at Kathy Griffin holding up the head of President Trump ala ISIS..and you ask WHY DID THIS HAPPEN..because the media and the Democrats want Republicans DEAD..I said that weeks ago go back in my timeline I knew this would happen eventually

[rktman]

Gee. Suppose any of his 300+ “friends” will be getting a visit from anyone? “Time to destroy Trump and Co.”? Yeah, that and Shakespeare plays depicting assassinations. Mock beheadings. Meh.

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[lacrew]

"passionate progressive and showed no signs of violence or malice"

Does not compute.

[TTFlyer]

17 “Intelligence” Agencies are busy spying on Republicans, and chasing “Russians.” They are useless against terrorists and Leftists.

The NSA is as dangerous as the KGB/NKVD/Gestapo ever were.

[Lent]

MSM, Democrats, Bernie Sanders,GOP neverTrumpers, expecting apologies shortly for creating this assassination environment. Waiting...Won’t happen because these pissants are gutless wonders.

[Dutch Boy]

"The hateful media had better start reflecting on their constant hate filled fake anti-Trump news - they are inciting violence, they are complicit."

They won't get the connection. I just saw on one of the news shows today talking about the divided country and then managed to work in Russian collusion as if it were fact. They can't see that they are the problem.

[SparkyBass]

Updated...

[jjotto]

Note that the NSA is part of the Defense Department under James Mattis.

[The Toll]

Any Facebook support for John Ossoff from this loon?

[GOPJ]

Keep screaming “Trump is Hitler” on cable news every ten minutes, and eventually you will push some people over the left edge.

The 'violence porn' at Shakespeare in the Park assisted with this violence too. And the nonstop hatred aimed at conservatives by Hollywood and liberal elites. Blood on the hands of many liberals.

[TTFlyer]

Had a semi-auto rifle and lots of ammo, a clear field of fire, hits only 3-4 targets, and is taken down by 2 cops with hand guns.   Typical Liberal, incompetent at everything he ever tried.

[Slyfox]

ALL the left wing media needs to be completely shut down.

Time magazine just got rid of 300 employees. Viewership on the lamestream channels are down. Who watches the evening news anymore?

So, they are in the process of shutting themselves down as we speak.

[Jamestown1630]

There must be other pictures of him wearing it somewhere; somebody will find them.

[hoosiermama]

His Facebook friend, Brack Stovall, manages the the James M. Duncan Brach of the Alexandria, VA Library - about a mile from the site of the shooting.

[PapaBear3625]

Breitbart:

11:44 AM — A Facebook group called “Terminate the Republican Party” seemingly celebrates Wednesday’s assault. The Belleville News-Democrat reported that Hodgkinson belonged to this group.

Looks like some Dms have decided that Civil War II is on.

[Bender2]

Just wondering if there was there a 'Shakespeare in the Park' playbill... in his hip pocket

[Pietro]

This puts the Trump assassination play in fresh perspective.

All calls for violence are coming from the left. I'd like to hear what the producer and director of "Julius Caesar" have to say about this most recent example of leftist social commentary.