{UAH} IT IS SAD THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE DECIDED TO SHOT REPUBLICANS ->Very sad indeed !!!
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Congressional baseball gunman was a Trump-hating Bernie supporter who hit women: Dead suspect's violent history revealed after he opened fire on Republican lawmakers on the President's birthday, leaving five injured
- James Hodgkinson, 66, died in hospital after being shot by Capitol Police at the baseball field in Virginia
- He was a staunch Democrat who documented his hatred for President Trump on social media pages
- Hodgkinson moved from his home in Illinois to Virginia two months ago and had been living out of his car
- He has a long criminal history which includes an assault charge for punching his female neighbor as she tried to protect his daughter from him in 2006
- Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip, is in a critical condition after being shot by the gunman at 7am
- He was taking part in a GOP practice session with other politicians when Hodgkinson opened fire on them
- Two Capitol Police officers who were there to protect 51-year-old Scalise bravely returned fire on the gunman
- They were injured along with lobbyist Matt Mika and congressional staffer Zachary Barth but all are expected to recover
- Thursday's game, which the men were practicing for, will go ahead as planned despite the shooting
The gunman who was killed by cops after opening fire on a Republican congressional baseball practice on Wednesday, the president's 71st birthday, was a Trump-hating Democrat and Bernie Sanders supporter with a long history of violence.
James T. Hodgkinson, 66, from Belleville, Illinois, was killed by Capitol Police after firing up to 100 rounds from an assault rifle at a baseball park in Alexandria, Virginia, leaving five injured including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise at 7am on Wednesday.
Scalise's condition worsened throughout the afternoon and was deemed critical by hospital staff after he he was released from emergency surgery on his hip.
Two Capitol Police officers were shot as they bravely returned fire on Hodgkinson while the lawmakers scrambled across the field to safety. Congressional staffer Zachary Barth and lobbyist Matt Mika were shot but both are expected to recover.
Hodgkinson was a staunch Sanders supporter and campaigned for the left-wing senator to get the Democratic nomination for president last year. His family said he was distraught over Trump's November election win and revealed that he had been living in Alexandria out of a gym bag and sleeping in his car for the last two months.
A married union tradesman with a home inspection business, Hodgkinson had threatened to 'destroy' the president and his administration on social media but was not known to Secret Service.
His criminal record included a 2006 arrest for punching his female neighbor in the face as she tried to shield his underage daughter from him.
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James T. Hodgkinson, 66, opened fire on the GOP baseball team on Wednesday. He was killed by Capitol Police "
Hodgkinson is seen above in 2012 protesting outside the United States Post Office in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois " class
James T. Hodgkinson (pictured right campaigning against Republicans in 2012) was a hateful Trump opponent who threatened to 'destroy' the president on social media before attacking a GOP baseball practice on Wednesday
Hodgkinson opened fire on a group of GOP figures from behind the third base dugout at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, as they practiced for a charity baseball game on Thursday at 7am
According to a police report, Hodgkinson went to the neighbor's home looking for his daughter and found her upstairs.
He dragged her out by the hair but she ran into her neighbor's car. The female neighbor sat in the vehicle in the front seat.
Hodgkinson got access to them, slashing the seatbelt his daughter was wearing as he and his wife pulled her out. He then hit the neighbor in the face, The Washington Post reported, but was never convicted.
After he was identified as the shooter in Wednesday's attack, his estranged brother told The New York Times that he learned through their sister that he had traveled to Virginia two months ago.
He signed up for a membership at the YMCA opposite the baseball field he attacked but cancelled it this week.
The brother said he believed Hodgkinson phoned his wife Sue in the days before the attack and told her he was coming home because he missed her and their dogs. Former Alexandria mayor Bill Euille admitted meeting the man several times in the town.
'He was a very friendly person, but what I did notice about this gentleman is he'd open up his gym bag and in it, he had everything he owned. He was living out of the gym bag. That, and he sat in the Y’s lobby for hours and hours.
'Outside of myself, I don’t think he knew anyone else in town,' he told The Washington Post, admitting that he also helped him try to find a job in the area after taking pity on him.
Hodgkinson documented his hatred for the president in Facebook and Twitter posts where he threatened to 'destroy Trump & co' and labeled the Republican billionaire a 'traitor'.
Hodgkinson had a lengthy criminal record which includes charges, but no convictions, for DUI, domestic battery, pointing a gun at a relative. He is seen in mugshots in 1992 (left) and 2006 (right)"
Hodgkinson had a lengthy criminal record which includes charges, but no convictions, for DUI, domestic battery, pointing a gun at a relative. He is seen in mugshots in 1992 (left) and 2006 (right)" class="blkBorder img-share"/>
Hodgkinson had a lengthy criminal record which includes charges, but no convictions, for DUI, domestic battery, pointing a gun at a relative. He is seen in mugshots in 1992 (left) and 2006 (right)
Hodgkinson was wounded by Capitol Police at the scene and later died of his injuries in hospital"
Hodgkinson was wounded by Capitol Police at the scene and later died of his injuries in hospital" class="blkBorder img-share"/>
Hodgkinson was wounded by Capitol Police at the scene and later died of his injuries in hospital
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