Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said that he'd never seen Bernie Sanders supporters 'being unusually mean or rude,' and requested evidence of bad behavior.
at a practice for the 2017 annual congressional baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia. There were no fatalities beyond the shooter, however Scalise, some congressional aides and two police were wounded with non-life-threatening injuries. James Hodgkinson, 66, was arrested at the scene and died from injuries sustained as he was apprehended.
Prior to the shooting, Hodgkinson asked then-Representative Ron DeSantis of Florida if the team practicing were Republicans or Democrats. Hodgkinson was described as a supporter of Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. Reporters discovered social media posts and letters Hodgkinson sent to a local newspaper, including some posts demanding then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton drop out of the race.
Rep. Steve Scalise referred to the 2017 shooting at a congressional baseball game practice when Keith Ellison asked for examples of bad behavior by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders .After the shooting, Sanders denounced the attack as"despicable," and confirmed that Hodgkinson had volunteered for his 2016 campaign.with Mark Levin on Fox News, Scalise said he did not blame Sanders for the shooting, and said that the senator reached out to him shortly after the shooting.
"He reached out to my office, and I think we may have spoken in those kinda first few days where I was in a fog, but he did reach out," Scalise said."And I don't hold him or anything responsible... Clearly, what this guy did was deranged, and there is no justification for it."
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