Why protecting politicians is hard

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As they played baseball Wednesday morning, Representative Steve Scalise, a congressional staffer and members of the Capitol Police were shot by an attacker.

The aggressor was then shot by Scalise’s Capitol Police security detail and Alexandria police officers. Still, while no one appears to have died today, these events speak to an unyielding truth.

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