New reports are coming in of a shooting occurring at a YMCA baseball field where GOP Congresspeople were playing in Del Ray, Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The first tweet about the incident came from Benjamin Childers, a witness to the incident who has an apartment overlooking the baseball fields.

Childers also began a live broadcast following the incident, stating that he had 3 Congressional members sheltering inside his apartment as he filmed from his window. According to ABC7, there are multiple injuries and one person has been flown to a nearby hospital.

http://heavy.com/news/2017/06/gunman-opens-fire-on-congressman-baseball-ymca-del-ray-alexandria-virginia-dc/

No movement when it comes to kids.

No movement when it comes to Gabby Giffords.

But maybe this.

I know, I know, thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers, this is not the time to talk about such things.

But that's the cycle in that there are always shootings and it's never time to talk because grieving and prayers must come first.

And also what has he done since Sandy Hook?

No prayers.

This country desperately needs some sanity with regard
to gun control (and reining in over-zealous and often racist
law enforcement practices.)

The fact that Sandy Hook didn't do it - and that disturbing fringe of deniers are out there about the whole thing - just makes it clear it has to be something huge in order to change the mindset.

It's just so sad that insane rightwingers are controlling
the violent sociopathic agendas of corporations in this
country.

Ryan just said the "hearts of the whole House" are with the injured. WHAT HEARTS?? Then he went back to screwing over constituents with healthcare. Gee, I am SO happy Scalise and the others have the cadillac health coverage, not the terrible Obamacare, or even worse Trumpcare. These hypocrites need to be made aware of the consequences of their actions. Now they have excuses for not visiting their districts, or holding hearings about Trumpcare.

What do you mean by "terrible Obamacare?" It's not the single payer we want, but it's an incredible achievement.

"terrible" "failing". None of them have it, so what do they care??

~whistles innocently~

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - FOX News reports that House Majority Whip Congressman Steve Scalise and several aides were shot during baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia.

Police called for a multiple shooting on the 400 block of E. Monroe Street at around 7:30 a.m.

Authorities say a suspect is believed to be in custody and are advising people to stay clear of the area.

?For more on this DEVELOPING STORY, stay with FOX 5.

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/261132513-story

no more at link.

staffer and cop shot

So.. Steve Scalise the whip..

I invoke the thumper rule.

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ALERT: APD investigating multiple shooting 400 block E Monroe St. Suspect believed in custody. Stay from area, let emergency vehicles thru.

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Obviously a tRump supporting right wing terrorist.
tRump unleashed these monsters and gave them license to create havoc.
When are we going to stand up and say "enough!"???

A Trump supporter would target an all-Republican baseballpractice??

Otherwise the story reduces to, "Republican Congressman shot by (insert white noise)."

Can't be good guy doing the shooting, and there's a long list of classes of people defined as "good."

Sarcasm?

A middle aged white guy? With a gun? Who goes on a shooting spree?
Definitely not your typical Democrat or progressive
Crazy white guys with guns=trump supporter

I would never assume.

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They're a threat.



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Didn't think that I needed to add it, but...

Post of the day.

Satire and true believers become indistinguishable...

They make up the bulk of the gop supporters in the south.

Double sentence for people shooting within one mile of politicians or something.

Sandy Hook didn't inspire them, so this probably will.

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Prayers for those injured.
Absolute insanity and all this violence leads back to the theft of our government by tRump and his henchmen.

But the mood of the country has become toxic and trump unlike our leaders has actually encouraged violence.
This all goes back to tRump, there is no argument otherwise.

back to when an intelligent BLACK man was elected honestly into office. That is when the gop decided to block EVERYTHING he tried to accomplish for the people. The gop are the enemies of this country. Now they have the Orange Mistake in office, and make excuses for the S_O_B on a daily basis.

It really has.

I just have a question, is today a flex day in Congress that they are playing baseball? Or don't they have to go to work until later in the day? I mean they only work a little over 100 days out of the year.

I don't know when Congress starts their workday, but I would assume it is probably not before 7:15 a.m.

They were practicing for the Congressional baseball game -- a longstanding bi-partisan tradition.

And I hate to say this, but I just hope it's no one from the left.

Consider not saying it.

No words were heard from the shooter before he started shooting in to the group this is what he stated

Obviously not one of ours.

We don't know enough to point fingers at any side. It's probably mental illness, but since this shooter was clearly targeting Republicans, I don't think there is any way you can say it is "obviously not one of ours."

white, male, chubby, "middle aged" (I think).

No (D) in that demographic, I guess.

Oddly, that's often the flip of the (R) stereotype of Democrats: women, non-white. Not sure about "thin", but often "young".

Of course, like pretty much all stereotypes, it's (a) got some basis in fact, present or past, and (b) is both incorrect and unjust to apply to each individual in the group.

Michael Moore?

Not one of ours. Progressives don't go around shooting people, right wing trump supporters do.

And then let that very ban expire in 2004.

The sporting goods store I worked at in college sold lots of AR-15s during the AWB, only without muzzle brakes and with 10-rd magazines.

Each side has their crazy part of the party

reported all over the news. And of course the shooter has now been identified as a Bernie-or-Bust dude so they'll run with that.

We should know pretty quick what kind of history this guy has

Was to the left of David Duke, he will be called a crazy liberal same goes for if he has any posts on Facebook that indicate he might be a moderate Republican, he will be a liberal.

are usually better shots, aren't they??

No matter how conservative and Christian and anti-government or whatever, the conservatives always disown them and claim they must actually be liberals.

They will never admit we have a problem of white male terrorists becoming radicalized to murder Americans on US soil.

Then Trump will send out some smug tweets about how when the London terrorists used knives and trucks, no one called for gun control. But when GOP congressmen get shot with guns, the solution is obviously for more people to have more guns.

That was the first thing I thought of. Not "gee maybe gun laws will get passed." Fuck gun laws. They're already talking about how the security guards were able to stop the guy with their guns ("good guys with guns...blah blah blah&quot . Nope. They will blame liberals. And they will take this story and run with it so nothing else is in the news. This may not be a Reichstag Fire but they'll milk this for sure.

will comment. Guess they should have been armed with more than bats.

I give LaPierre the blame for this shooting.

the many, many people shot on the streets of this country every day. Unlike way too many of these citizens, it looks like he will survive to support the NRA for another day and their misguided guns for everyone policies.

And Tomorrow after all the hoopla is over, these same Republicans will still support the dangerous NRA policies which allow innocent people to be shot every day.

Also, shouldn't these governmental elected officials be working and not playing baseball this early in the morning?

It's a fairly typical weekend. It mostly happens in very few neighborhoods. Our city is pretty segregated. It's horrible.

I'd assume it would not be widely publicized. Maybe a staffer?

Stay tuned for further developments.

I admit I thought the first and second were strong possibilities.

Hoping they aren't a self proclaimed democrat, then more reason for the Trump regime to say that we aren't real people.

mental illness--like Adam Lanza and Jared Loughner. We need to do much more for the mentally ill in this country.

the latest terrorist attack in London happened with a van and knives. Want to TALK about GUNS today Trump??

Just like they weren't the problem in Paris. Or Orlando. Or Sandy Hook. Or San Bernardino. Or Charleston. Or any of the other places they've been used recently.

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get up with bullet holes, I suppose is the lesson to be learned although I doubt he'll learn it.

First Gabby Giffords and now this.

This is exactly what happens when NUTS can get weapons like this.

So it will be a liberal shooter, and now all fucking hell will break lose on the democrats. Fuckump will come out against any kind of gun restrictions, and his cretin voters will suck that shit up with a straw....

Too prophetic. I just said this past Sunday, in another thread, that something like this is going to happen soon:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9189815

I knew it. A liberal/socialist/Bernesta supporter, great, just what our party and nation needs is more fuck ammunition in the hands of FUCKUMP and his cretin voters.....

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WWJ) – A Michigan representative who survived a gun attack during a congressional baseball practice Wednesday morning in Virginia is detailing the harrowing moments the gunman opened fire.

Michigan Rep. Mike Bishop tells WWJ Newsradio 950 he was attending the practice around 5:30 a.m., just outside of Alexandria, when shots rang out. He said he and his colleagues were “sitting ducks.”

“As we were standing here this morning, a gunman walked up to the fence line and just began to shoot. I was standing at home plate and he was in the third base line,” Bishop said. “He had a rifle that was clearly meant for the job of taking people out, multiple casualties, and he had several rounds and magazines that he kept unloading and reloading.”

The shooting went on for roughly 10 minutes, with some accounts putting the number of shots fired around 100. Four people were injured, including two Capitol Hill police officers and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, of Louisiana. The suspect was also shot.

“The only reason why any of us walked out of this thing, by the grace of God, one of the folks here had a weapon to fire back and give us a moment to find cover.

We were inside the backstop and if we didn’t have that cover by a brave person who stood up and took a shot themselves, we would not have gotten out of there and every one of us would have been hit — every single one of us,” said Bishop. “He was coming around the fence line and he was looking for all of us who had found cover in different spots. But if we didn’t have return fire right there, he would have come up to each one of us and shot us point-blank.”

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/06/14/michigan-representative-ok-as-shots-fired-at-members-of-congress/

Rand Paul said it was a good thing they had the capitol hill police are else it would have been a massacre. Yes dickhead, not everyone has capitol hill police protecting them, but just go ahead and keep loosening the regulations for gun ownership. You assholes have kissed the NRA's ass for years now and finally it has bitten you in the ass.

...but these people will continue to support NRA and gun rights unless it hits home. I don't think it hit home yet, not even for Scalise who is in the NRA's pocket. The $$ speaks louder than the lives of people.

The actual Baseball Game would have announced, but a 7 AM practice? An "insider" maybe? Disgruntled former employee? Someone with a personal grudge? Middle Aged White Man in his 40's or 50's? What profile does that fit?

to shoot anyone in the park that morning.

reported that the guy asked if the players were R's or D's. Odd thing to ask, if you aren't going to be particular about who to blow away.

Lots of info out there; it will take time to sort all of it out.

With the age bracket mentioned of the shooter, I fear it is someone about to lose their healthcare and livelihood. People in my age group are fearful and uncertain in ways I've never seen before.

I pray for the people involved. I do not condone any violence, and I hope and pray to be wrong about the shooter's motives. But people are becoming desperate. That's not an excuse. But it is a fact.

when one witness described the shooter as an overweight man in his mid 50's to early 60's. No excuse, but there probably are a lot of angry people in that age group who fear losing their health insurance, and be charged up the wazoo for pre-existing conditions.

Is being overweight considered a pre-existing condition? But then it could be a Trump crazy looking to blame it on Democrats.

They will not only use this as justification, but will completely take over the airwaves with the story. No more Russians hacking our election, no more 45's sinking poll numbers, no more Jeff Sessions or James Comey, no more collusion or corruption. Nope. This will be the story, wall to wall, 24/7.

Details are still being sorted out.

In some ways that narrative is not as bad as some of the alternatives. A targeted assassination attempt on the Majority Whip would be more serious for example - especially one supported by some larger organization.

So, who cares? "Not I," said the duck. I wonder how many people are thinking, "Die, you Prick."

You should delete this post.

No one on DU wants anyone to die because of violence. That's not our purpose and certainly not our goal.

No one on DU wants harm to come to Republicans. We may hate what they stand for and what they do, but we will battle them LEGALLY and morally. We will not become them!

party during the campaign...

“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Trump said, before adding: “Although the second amendment people – maybe there is, I don’t know.”

I've always thought there should have been a comma between "amendment" and "people" in transcripts of that quote to indicate direct address. “Although the second amendment, people – maybe there is, I don’t know.”

I could be wrong; but you must admit it's suspicious - and they're CERTAINLY not above that.

Shooter has been identified. And unless this has been planned for years, this isnt some bullshit conspiracy

They did absolutely NOTHING after little children were gunned down in an elementary school...They have no hearts...they have no conscience....they get nothing from me but a "what did you expect?" attitude and I'm not wasting any more of my emotion on them.

My prayers and condolences to the innocent victims and brave capitol police officers, to the republican reps and staffers, you reap what you sow, you really need to reconsider your actions and the impact on citizens.

This STINKS IMO...............

He wrote a lot of letters to the editor in 2012, here's one of them. There's a link so you can read them all, all letters are similar.

QUOTE ""Maybe next tax day

I’m still convinced that the major change that we all need to push for is a change in the federal tax code. We need more brackets to reach all classes of people.

We need a much higher bracket that actually reaches into the rich and super-rich incomes. I wish everyone would check out taxfoundation.org, so they could see for themselves and not just believe me as to how the leaders of the past reached all classes of income. They would like you to think that there is a lower class, middle class, and upper class. This is just not so.

In 1938 we had 33 tax brackets to reach all classes of income. These brackets ranged from 4 percent for income up to $64,000 (adjusted for inflation), all the way up to 79 percent for income over $79 million.

If we had anything close to the way our great leaders of the past set up the tax code, we could eliminate 90 percent of the country’s problems, pay down the debt and get the country back in the black in no time.

The income inequality of the 1920s was a major contributor of the Great Depression, and if we don’t raise the tax brackets to reach the rich we will never get out of this Great Recession.

I would wish all people under an annual income of $1 million to get behind the 99 percent, and back the push for tax reform. My motto is: “Tax em like 1938.”

God bless the 99 percent."""end quote

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