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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 14 2017, 08:07 AM (67 Views) | |
| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 08:07 AM Post #1 |
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....monitoring reports of a shooting in Alexandria, Virginia involving at least one member of Congress and several aides....
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 11:44 AM Post #31 |
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(The Guardian) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has released the following statement on this morning’s shooting: I know the entire Senate will join me in echoing the sentiments of the president this morning. We are deeply saddened. We are concerned for all those injured. We will keep them in our prayers, we will continue to send them every wish for a quick and full recovery. .. ... .. We are grateful for all those who stepped in to help: those practicing on the field, the first responders, and of course the Capitol Police Officers on the scene. We are deeply indebted for their service, we again salute their continuing and unfailing bravery on behalf of the Capitol community. The Congressional Baseball Game is a bipartisan charity event. I know the Senate will embrace that spirit today as we come together in expressing both our concern and our gratitude.” House Majority Leader Paul Ryan is also expected to deliver remarks around noon from the Senate floor, and President Trump is expected to speak from the White House at any moment. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 11:45 AM Post #32 |
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(The Guardian) Trump: Shooter Has Died --Donald Trump is speaking now. He has just announced that the assailant has died of his injuries. President Trump is now speaking and announces that the suspected shooter has died in the hospital from his injuries. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 11:54 AM Post #33 |
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(The Guardian) President Trump from the White House: Everyone on that field is a public servant. Our courageous police, our congressional aides, who work so tirelessly behind the scenes with enormous devotion, and our dedicated members of congress who represent our people. We may have our differences, but we do well in times like this to remember that everyone who serves in our nation’s capitol is here because, above all, they love our country. We can all agree that we are blessed to be Americans, that our children deserve to grow up in a nation of safety and peace, and that we are strongest when we are unified, and when we work together for the common good. Please take a moment today to cherish those you love and always remember those who serve and keep us safe. God bless them all, God bless you, and God bless America. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 11:55 AM Post #34 |
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![]() --"I'm shaken up. My colleagues were targeted" -- @RepJeffDuncan (R-SC) (Scott Wong, The Hill - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:24 PM Post #35 |
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(The Guardian) ermont Senator Bernie Sanders has just released a statement addressing reports that this mornings assailant was a supporter and volunteer on his campaign: I have just been informed that the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice is someone who apparently volunteered on my presidential campaign. I am sickened by this despicable act. Let me be as clear as I can be. Violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms. Real change can only come about through nonviolent action, and anything else runs against our most deeply held American values. My hopes and prayers are that Representative Scalise, congressional staff and the Capitol Police Officers who were wounded make a quick and full recovery. I also want to thank the Capitol Police for their heroic actions to prevent further harm.” |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 01:04 PM Post #36 |
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(The Guardian) Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in remarks this afternoon to fellow legislators on the shooting: “We are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” the speaker said to sustained applause for the members of congress in attendance. Ryan said he spoke with Krystal Griner and David Bailey, the two Capitol Hill officers injured incident shortly before coming to the house floor. “I expressed our profound gratitude to them. It is clear to me, based on various eyewitness accounts, that without these two heroes: Agent Bailey and Agent Griner, many lives would have been lost.” Ryan went on: Knowing Steve Scalise as we all do, he is likely really frustrated that he’s not going to be able to play in the baseball game. I also know Steve wants us to commend the bravery of those who came to the side of the wounded. In the coming days we will hear their stories and we will have the chance to hold up their heroism. My colleagues there are so many memories from this day that we will want to forget, and there are so many images that we will not want to see again. But there is one image in particular that this house should keep, and that’s a photo I saw this morning of our Democratic colleagues gathered in prayer this morning after hearing the news. Every day we come here to test and to challenge each other. We feel so deeply about the things that we fight for and the things that we believe in, at times our emotions can clearly get the best of us. We’re all imperfect. But we do not shed our humanity when we enter this chamber. For all the noise and the fury, we are one family. These were our brothers and sisters in the line of fire. These were our brothers and sisters who ran into danger and saved countless lives. So before this house returns to its business, let’s just slow down and reflect, to think about how we’re all being tested right now. Because, we are being tested right now.” |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 01:05 PM Post #37 |
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(The Guardian) Nancy Pelosi says congressional charity baseball game will go on tomorrow as scheduled --Sports are a wonderful thing in our country. Probably one of the most unifying - I think the arts, we like the same music, plays - but sports really bring us together in our cities. You see people who have the biggest differences of opinion on politics and yet, when their team is on the field, people come together. So when this team was on the field practicing with such camaraderie and brotherhood... for this person to take this action was so cowardly... But we cannot let that be a victory for the assailant or anyone who would think that way. So tomorrow we will go out on the field, we’ll root for our team, we want everyone to do his or her very best and we will use this occasion as one that brings us together and not separates us further.” |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 01:37 PM Post #38 |
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(The Guardian) The Congressional Baseball Game is a summer institution in Washington. Every year, staffers, reporters, lobbyists and interns spend a night combining American politics and America’s pastime. The game pits Democrats versus Republicans in fierce but friendly competition often held in a Major League stadium played to benefit charity. Despite their disappointing performance at the ballot box in recent years, Democrats have dominated on the diamond. With the election of former college pitcher Cedric Richmond to their ranks in 2010, Democrats have won five of the past six games. Richmond, a Louisiana Democrat, is also a good friend of Scalise and vouched for the House Majority Whip when reports emerged that Scalise had once spoke before a white supremacist group in 2002. Although a number of former pro athletes have served in Congress including former Kentucky congressman and senator Jim Bunning, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996, perhaps the most impressive athletic achievement in the game came from an unlikely figure. In 1979, Ron Paul became the first member of Congress to hit a home run over the fences at the annual baseball game. |
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