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I agree with many commenters that this was not terrorism. Terrorism requires using a political motive in targeting civilians to spread fear.

Generating fear was not Hodgkinson's goal. He targeted Republican Congressmen to eliminate those he saw as political opponents. This was an attempted political assassination x20.

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"Terrorism is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85)

Was Hodgkinson trying to intimidate or coerce a government in furtherance of political objectives? Don't you think killing GOP elected representatives is an attack on government? Of course this is terrorism pure and simple.

Here is another example:

The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists; they shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol. They wanted to highlight their desire for Puerto Rican independence from US rule.

Celerbrations and outrage as Puerto Rican terrorist goes free

“It’s really sickening,” said former NYPD Detective Anthony “Tony” Senft, 70, who lost an eye while trying to defuse a bomb planted by FALN — or Armed Forces of National Liberation — at the Brooklyn federal courthouse in 1982.

“They’re making him a folk hero, and he’s a terrorist. They’re making this guy like Robin Hood.”