STEVE SCALISE NEEDS MUCH PRAYER; DEMS INCITED HATE

STEVE SCALISE NEEDS MUCH PRAYER (DEMOCRATS INCITED HATE):

LOVE HEALS; HATE KILLS.

PRAY FOR UNITY; CEASE VIOLENT ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

PRAY FOR THIS NATION & PRES TRUMP

PRAY FOR THE ENTIRE US MILITARY


Sources: Fox News, USA Today, Youtube


**** Scalise critical, shooter ID'd as James Hodgkinson


A gunman believed to be a supporter of former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders sprayed a hail of bullets at a GOP baseball practice Wednesday morning, critically wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and injuring four others before U.S. Capitol Police took down the rifle-wielding assailant.

Scalise was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, MedStar Washington Hospital tweeted. He had surgery after being shot in the hip and was initially said to be stable.

The shooter, who had a violent history including arrests for battery, resisting arrest and drunken driving, was identified as 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson, of Illinois, Fox News confirmed. President Trump said Hodgkinson died from injuries sustained when he was shot by police.

"I have just been informed that the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice is someone who apparently volunteered on my presidential campaign," Sanders said in a statement. "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."

President Trump addressed the nation before noon and revealed Hodgkinson died in police custody.