Tag: Mass Shootings

Now that brutal rhetoric has become real violence, it seems Trump's subtly easing up on the press corps. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump will not attend congressional baseball game

Sarah Bedford · June 14, 2017 5:57 pm

"There's a real concern over member safety, there's a real concern over the degree to which our politics has become so debased that this kind of thing is happening with what at least feels like increasing frequency." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rep. Adam Schiff: Members are seeing ‘a real escalation’ in death threats

Matthew Trunko · June 14, 2017 5:42 pm

Today's attack was an assault on American democracy. But it has already produced a dichotomy of political reactions.

Beltway Confidential

Alexandria shooting: Trump’s calm concern vs. Terry McAuliffe’s hyperbolic meltdown

Tom Rogan · June 14, 2017 4:51 pm

According to Sanders' statement, the suspect, James T. Hodgkinson, "apparently volunteered" on his 2016 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Bernie Sanders: ‘Sickened’ that congressional baseball gunman was campaign volunteer

Kelly Cohen · June 14, 2017 4:23 pm

Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., still wearing his baseball uniform, describes the scene during a shooting at a congressional baseball game in Alexandria, Va., where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others were shot. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Rodney Davis: Baseball shooting may have been ‘the first political rhetorical terrorist act’

Leah DePiero · June 14, 2017 4:11 pm

Duncan said the man he spoke to fit the description of the shooter. Duncan said he provided a statement to the Alexandria police. (AP)

Rep. Jeff Duncan talked to shooter minutes before Republicans were attacked

Pete Kasperowicz · June 14, 2017 4:10 pm

A police office stands watch behind police tape near strewn baseballs on a field in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, after a multiple shooting involving House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Congressional shooter’s liberal politics don’t bear the blame

Timothy P. Carney · June 14, 2017 3:57 pm

Five people were transported to local hospitals, including Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., who was shot in the hip. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

National Security

Rand Paul: Bravery of Capitol Police kept us alive in congressional baseball shooting

Melissa Quinn · June 14, 2017 3:52 pm

President Trump said the shooter in the mass shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice on Wednesday died from injuries after police returned fire. A 66-year-old man named James T. Hodgkinson from Belleville, Ill., has been identified by police as the shooter, according to reports. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)

National Security

Trump: Suspect in GOP congressional baseball practice shooting has died

Alex Pappas · June 14, 2017 3:44 pm

"There are too many guns on the streets," Terry McAuliffe said during a press conference on the shooting Wednesday.

National Security

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe presses for gun control at scene of congressional baseball practice shooting

Robert King · June 14, 2017 3:38 pm

Unlike other officials, politicians are regularly approached by the public. This allows assassins to hide in plain sight. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Why protecting politicians is hard

Tom Rogan · June 14, 2017 3:34 pm

"All of us are vulnerable. We're all public servants. If someone wants to target us, it can happen," Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Rep. Sanford Bishop: ‘All of us are vulnerable’

Sean Higgins · June 14, 2017 3:26 pm