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Rep. Steve Scalise NFL Should Replay Saints-Rams Game ... This Saturday!!!
Showing posts with label Scalise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scalise. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Rep. Steve Scalise NFL Should Replay Saints-Rams Game ... This Saturday!!!
Monday, May 21, 2018
Rep. Steve Scalise Blames Texas School Shooting on Not Enough Religion
GOP House Whip Steve Scalise says maybe if there was more faith, religion and God in schools across America the mass shooting at a Texas high school last week could’ve been prevented. The congressman was at Reagan National Airport on…
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Congressmen Steve Scalise & Hakeem Jeffries Respond to N. Korea Releasing Americans
Congressmen Steve Scalise and Hakeem Jeffries might be on different sides of the aisle, but they both agree — it’s a good deal when North Korea gives us what we want. Both Representatives were on Capitol Hill Wednesday, when we asked if President…
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Rep. Steve Scalise Says Kanye Should Support Trump"s Re-Election Bid
Steve Scalise wishes he could be out on the baseball field with his GOP pals almost a year after he was shot at the annual game — and he also has advice for Kanye West on his future run for Prez. We got the the Republican House…
Monday, February 26, 2018
Rep. Steve Scalise Shares Grief with Parkland Students
When GOP House Whip Steve Scalise meets with Parkland, Florida students he’ll sympathize with them like no other Republican can right now … he, too, was shot during a brutal attack. We got Scalise leaving Reagan National Airport Monday and…
Rep. Steve Scalise Shares Grief with Parkland Students
When GOP House Whip Steve Scalise meets with Parkland, Florida students he’ll sympathize with them like no other Republican can right now … he, too, was shot during a brutal attack. We got Scalise leaving Reagan National Airport Monday and…
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Rep. Steve Scalise Vows to Reclaim Starting Job on Congressional Baseball Team
GOP House Whip Steve Scalise’s competitive juices are rivaling those of Astros superstar Jose Altuve … vowing to return as the Congressional second baseman after surviving a bullet. We got the congressman at Reagan National…
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Rep. Steve Scalise: D.C. Shooting Victim Throws 1st Pitch at Nats Playoff Game
GOP House Whip Steve Scalise just threw out the 1st pitch at Game 1 of Nationals vs. Cubs in D.C. … just 6 months after being shot and seriously injured at a Congressional baseball game. With the help of a walker, Steve made it…
Friday, June 16, 2017
Congressional Baseball Game Opens with Hero Cop and Group Prayer for Steve Scalise
Capitol Police officer David Bailey — one of the heroes who took out shooter James T. Hodgkinson – opened the Congressional Baseball game with an emotional ceremony. Officer Bailey came out on crutches at Nationals Park, yet still managed to…
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Steve Scalise, House Republican, Among Those Shot in Virginia
Representative Steve Scalise was among multiple people shot Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia in what witnesses and law enforcement officials are describing as a “deliberate attack.”
The incident took place while Scalise, Rand Paul, Mo Brooks and other Congressmen were taking part in baseball practice prior to starting their work day.
With new information pouring in every minute, here is what we know at the moment:
Scalise, a member of the House Republican leadership as the majority whip, appeared to have been shot in the hip and is reportedly in stable condition.
At least two Capitol Hill police agents and Representative Roger Williams were also wounded in the attack, Brooks tells CNN.
The gunman was shot by U.S. Capital Police, apprehended and taken to the hospital, officials said.
However, Senator Mike Lee tells Fox News that the suspect (who Brooks describes as a “middle-aged white man”) has been killed.
We cannot verify this latter claim right now, but Alexandria police have Tweeted that the shooter is “not a threat” any longer.
Recounting the chaos to CNN, Brooks approximated that 50 to 100 shots were fired.
He said there were a number of congressmen and congressional staffers lying on the ground shortly after he heard a “blam” and that he used his belt as a tourniquet to assist one of the victims.
“I see a rifle… I hear another blam… at the same time I heard Steve Scalise scream. He was shot,” the Alabama Republican told the news outlet.
He said he saw Scalise crawling toward right field at one point, “leaving a trail of blood.”
Paul, who was reportedly awaiting his turn to bat when the shooting broke out, told Joe Scarborough on air this morning that “everybody would’ve died except for the fact that Capitol Hill police were there.”
He said the “baseball field was basically a killing field.”
“It sure as heck wasn’t an accident,” Brooks added. “He was going after elected officials.”
In response to the horrible incident, President Donald Trump has released the following statement:
The Vice President and I are aware of the shooting incident in Virginia and are monitoring developments closely.
We are deeply saddened by this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the members of Congress, their staffs, Capitol Police, first responders, and all others affected.
The shooting took place around 7:15 a.m. EST.
Along with Scalise, Paul and Brooks, Congressmen Brad Wenstrup, Ron DeSantis Chuck Fleischmann and Senator Jeff Flake were among the 15-25 people at Simpson Field in Alexandria for the practice.
Schools in the area have been placed on lockdown.
“The gun was a semiautomatic,” Brooks said, adding in an interview with FMTALK1065:
“The shooter was shot behind home plate as he was circling around to the first base dugout where there were a number of us congressmen and other folks.
“Our security detail was able to incapacitate him at that point.
“I don’t know if he [shooter] was dead. He was wounded. I don’t know how many times he was wounded.”
Scalise is a 51-year old who has represented Louisiana’s First Congressional District since 2008; he chairs the House Republican Study Committee and is married with two kids.
He’s the first member of Congress to be shot since former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot in January 2011.
Tweeted President Trump soon after issuing the statement above:
“Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover. Our thoughts and prayers are with him.”
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