View Full Version : Gunman opens fire on Republicans in Virginia
bblhead672
06-14-2017, 07:30
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/14/virginia-gop-baseball-practice-shooting-multiple-people-shot.html
Has the left finally inflamed someone to take action against the evil Republicans?
The Reaper
06-14-2017, 07:58
His goal was to kill as many Republicans as possible.
But that wouldn't reflect on the MSM or the Dim party.
TR
With the Dems, the MSM and lib-alternate media pressing the evil Repubs 24/7, Antifa and BLM running wild without any consequences, Police standing down during protests, and George Soros funding these scum.....OH! And lets not forget all the open talk of assassination that goes un-checked.
It was only a matter of time before something like this happened, and possibly the first shot over the bow for the Summer of Rage.
Ret10Echo
06-14-2017, 08:50
"M-4 Assault Rifle" being reported (http://wtop.com/alexandria/2017/06/14231771/).
Here comes the wave.
2018commo
06-14-2017, 08:55
There goes the price of High Capacity magazines again.
Divemaster
06-14-2017, 08:56
Shooter has been identified. This is supposedly his Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/jthodgkinson
If that's legit, hardly a right wing gun nut.
Ret10Echo
06-14-2017, 09:14
Shooter has been identified. This is supposedly his Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/jthodgkinson
If that's legit, hardly a right wing gun nut.
This is coming out... Of course the race to be "first" means very little vetting of information
1. Hodgkinson Is a Supporter of Bernie Sanders & Democratic Socialism Who Wrote on Facebook, ‘Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.’
Also that there were reports of someone asking if the participants at the ball field were "Republicans or Democrats"
A Bernie-Buddy.
Baseball shooting: Who is James T Hodgkinson, the gunman who opened fire on congressional team practice?
The gunman who opened fire at the congressional baseball practice this morning has been named as James T Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, by law enforcement officials.
Mr Hodgkinson, 66, owns a home inspection business.
He is understood to be in custody.
Mr Hodgkinson was vociferous on social media about his dislike for Donald Trump and reportedly volunteered on political campaigns for Bernie Sanders.
Charles Orear, 50, a restaurant manager from St Louis, told the Washington Post he met him during a campaign in Iowa.
“He was this union tradesman, pretty stocky, and we stayed up talking politics,” he said. “He was more on the really progressive side of things.”
The gunman was armed with a rifle and reportedly asked onlookers whether the baseball practice was held by Republicans or Democrats before opening fire.
He was shot before being taken into custody.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/14/baseball-shooting-james-t-hodgkinson-gunman-opened-fire-congressional/
Retired Marine Corps General Jack Bergman, who was there on the field, just said on Fox News live that, " Had the security detail not been there, we would have had two choices; Duck and cover, or grab the bats and try to subdue the shooter."
Prayers out!:(
Holly
And Edit to add: REP Jack Bergman is a Republican from Michigan. And he spoke very eloquently for someone that just went though 50+rounds of ammo fired on a damn baseball field at 0700, IMHO.
Retired Marine Corps General Jack Bergman, who was there on the field, just said on Fox News live that, " Had the security detail not been there, we would have had two choices; Duck and cover, or grab the bats and try to subdue the shooter."
Prayers out!:(
Holly
Looks like they should be carrying in Gun Free DC.
Trump portrayed by CNN celebrity as being beheaded.
Trump murdered onstage during play in NYC.
Berkeley and other college violence...
Now this...it is becoming evident that it is the radical Statist/progressive/commies resorting to violence...
Can you imaging if this inexcusable violence happened during the Obama administration?
Badger52
06-14-2017, 09:35
"M-4 Assault Rifle" being reported (http://wtop.com/alexandria/2017/06/14231771/).According to that article the source for that was CBS. Earlier this AM a lengthy on-camera interview with a witness (whose demeanor seemed much more knowledgeable than anyone CBS can muster) made a point to describe it as an "AK-47 type" referencing the "distinct profile" they have. We'll see, since round count also varies 400% depending on who you listen to. Witnesses, "witnesses" and... somewhere, the truth.
Methinks the curtain has been fully pulled back, though. The left has already been a-twitter wishing it was POTUS. Another point for The Letter (http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40772); only abatement was a good guy with a gun.
Golf1echo
06-14-2017, 09:35
The ground truth is aptly illustrated by the image below, Many of us suffered through the previous administration and saw through all the rhetoric spewed out by the players mass media, and pollsters.
If liberals can't understand the damage they are doing to this country and it's system, if they can't understand the info in the image in the context of our system...Id say that speaks volumes, even to other liberals who still have the capacity for critical thought.
The left is becoming very transparent for what it really stands for!
Ret10Echo
06-14-2017, 11:34
Shooter dead
Senator in surgery
MSM frothing to a frenzy
Another wave of misinformed stupid forthcoming.
rsdengler
06-14-2017, 11:45
Shooter dead
Senator in surgery
MSM frothing to a frenzy
Another wave of misinformed stupid forthcoming.
Man....I missed everything....stupid meetings.....:D
And you know the first words out of the anti-gun people...."we need tighter gun control laws"...oh wait, forget it; they were Republicans:munchin...Thoughts and prayers to all the victims, and thank you to the wonderful Police... thanks for taking out the trash....
Crazy absolutely crazy times.....give me a nice log cabin away from the whack-jobs
the squid
06-14-2017, 12:22
I notice the news failed to mention he is a Democrat.
A simple google search yielded multiple articles mentioning his opposition to the current administration, and his support for Bernie Sanders. It's not a secret.
VA Governor : "... We lose 93 Million Americans each day to gun violence ..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b5zoyVN9XQ
DAFUQ he just say ?!?!?! :confused: :eek: :rolleyes:
That means we only have about 3.5 days to live if we are the last ones to go. Bring it Bs!
Naaaaa ... That's why the Dems don't want a wall.
Just replenish our population with those sneaking in from SOTB.
VA Governor : "... We lose 93 Million Americans each day to gun violence ..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b5zoyVN9XQ
DAFUQ he just say ?!?!?! :confused: :eek: :rolleyes:
If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit. :D
Where did VA find this tool?
VA Governor : "... We lose 93 Million Americans each day to gun violence ..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b5zoyVN9XQ
DAFUQ he just say ?!?!?! :confused: :eek: :rolleyes:
He was thinking of a good weekend in Chiraq.
bblhead672
06-14-2017, 13:35
If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit. :D
Where did VA find this tool?
Klinton Kamper:
"McAuliffe had a prolific fundraising career within the Democratic Party, and a personal and political relationship with Bill and Hillary Clinton. McAuliffe and his staff raised $275 million, then an unprecedented sum, for Clinton's causes while president. After Bill Clinton's tenure ended, McAuliffe guaranteed the Clintons' $1.35 million mortgage for their home in Chappaqua, New York. The deal raised ethical questions.[ In 2000, McAuliffe chaired a fundraiser with the Clintons; setting a fundraising record of $26.3 million."
Ret10Echo
06-14-2017, 14:03
Crazy absolutely crazy times.....give me a nice log cabin away from the whack-jobs
A "take" from National Interest.
Is America Substituting Violence for Debate? (http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america-substituting-violence-debate-21155)
In the previous posts it is noted that the ability to articulate opinion or enter into an intelligent debate has been replaced with drooling attack dogs, profanity, incoherent blabbering and now gunfire.
Regardless of the course.... First the Dims lost the election now they have LOST their compass.
The paranoid style becomes stylishly paranoid at key junctures in American history
rsdengler
06-14-2017, 15:25
A "take" from National Interest.
Is America Substituting Violence for Debate? (http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america-substituting-violence-debate-21155)
In the previous posts it is noted that the ability to articulate opinion or enter into an intelligent debate has been replaced with drooling attack dogs, profanity, incoherent blabbering and now gunfire.
Regardless of the course.... First the Dims lost the election now they have LOST their compass.
Thank you, very interesting article. :o You see it every night on the news, civil conversation has been replaced with rhetoric, finger pointing, and misguided behavior. It is hard for me to sit and watch it these days. The Left and the Dems look like they have indeed stumbled down that hill of no return.
bblhead672
06-14-2017, 15:50
. The Left and the Dems look like they have indeed stumbled down that hill of no return.
Slouching toward Gomorrah.
"I hate Illinois Nazis"
Elwood Blues 1980
...still hoping and praying for that fucking asteroid to hit
...still hoping and praying for that fucking asteroid to hit
that would be man made climate change on CNN
"I hate Illinois Nazis"
Elwood Blues 1980
Pssst .... It was actually Jake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ukFAvYP3UU
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TOMAHAWK9521
06-14-2017, 21:09
...still hoping and praying for that fucking asteroid to hit
C'mon, North Korea. Where is that EMP you've been promising?
So I just saw a headline that proclaimed "Politically motivated attack was bound to happen". Really??? Can someone name all the "politically motivated attacks" during President Obama's 8 years in office?
Ret10Echo
06-15-2017, 05:25
So I just saw a headline that proclaimed "Politically motivated attack was bound to happen". Really??? Can someone name all the "politically motivated attacks" during President Obama's 8 years in office?
Proclaimed by the press that has been whipping everyone into a frenzy for the better part of a year? The press that has gone to huge lengths to undermine confidence in the American political system? This same press that promotes hate and violence through their reporting and fawning over the Hollywood "elite" that live off of the country's absolute infatuation with gun violence on the big screen and in video games? The press that encourages the weak-minded that there is no hope... all is doom and gloom... the end is near?
That press?
Nah... Couldn't be them. That would be silly.
Dean Jarvis
06-15-2017, 06:09
This shooter was no Chris Kyle. Witnesses claim anywhere from 30 to 100 rounds were fired. Lucky for the Congressmen that this guy didn't spend a little more time on the range.
frostfire
06-15-2017, 06:25
Proclaimed by the press that has been whipping everyone into a frenzy for the better part of a year? The press that has gone to huge lengths to undermine confidence in the American political system? This same press that promotes hate and violence
several countries are working on their terrorism-related legislation. The gist of it is the need to criminalize the radicalization process, not just reactively waiting until the terrorist act occurs.
I submit the MSM is guilty of radicalizing people with low restraint like this Bernie-loving loser of a shooter.
I fear the opposite is just true. There are conservative, Trump-supporting folks with low restraints as well.
So at which point free speech falls under hate mongering? or are we waiting for the next resistance lead campaign?
We sorely need a unifying figure at this point. Dr. Ben Carson can be one....but he'd probably get called Uncle Tom
We sorely need a unifying figure at this point. Dr. Ben Carson can be one....but he'd probably get called Uncle Tom
TPTB won't let a unifying figure happen, the entire Russia/Trump meme is a perfect example. I feel much of the problem lies in the fact that the US Government is the largest employer in the United States and in all likelihood is also the largest conduit of business throughout the US.
Too many people and companies are attached to Uncle Sugars tit, and Uncle Sugar will continue to rob the private sector until it is no more.
Team Sergeant
06-15-2017, 06:57
So I just saw a headline that proclaimed "Politically motivated attack was bound to happen". Really??? Can someone name all the "politically motivated attacks" during President Obama's 8 years in office?
Silly man, that would be racist, not political, any attack on barry soetoro is racist. At least that's what CNN and MSNBC believes.
bblhead672
06-15-2017, 07:42
This shooter was no Chris Kyle. Witnesses claim anywhere from 30 to 100 rounds were fired. Lucky for the Congressmen that this guy didn't spend a little more time on the range.
Yeah, fortunate that he lived in a unfriendly 2A state so probably didn't put in the range time that people in Texas and other states do.
Of course if it had been a trained shooter there might be 15-20 dead and they would still be looking for the shooter.
Last rumor I heard is that he was using an SKS. Anyone heard confirmation of what he was actually using?
Ret10Echo
06-15-2017, 08:15
I fear the opposite is just true. There are conservative, Trump-supporting folks with low restraints as well.
So at which point free speech falls under hate mongering? or are we waiting for the next resistance lead campaign?
We sorely need a unifying figure at this point. Dr. Ben Carson can be one....but he'd probably get called Uncle Tom
I've long ago become party agnostic. It's "Them"...... the Politico's. What parenthetical letter appears after their name is no longer relevant.
What is the threshold where one pole-vaults over those areas covered by the First Amendment?
Perhaps the ability to "Petition for the redress of grievances" appears to have been taken away or that the expectation is that everything demanded will be given?
We are a society of 2-year-olds.
Golf1echo
06-15-2017, 08:41
several countries are working on their terrorism-related legislation. The gist of it is the need to criminalize the radicalization process, not just reactively waiting until the terrorist act occurs.
I submit the MSM is guilty of radicalizing people with low restraint like this Bernie-loving loser of a shooter.
I fear the opposite is just true. There are conservative, Trump-supporting folks with low restraints as well.
So at which point free speech falls under hate mongering? or are we waiting for the next resistance lead campaign?
We sorely need a unifying figure at this point. Dr. Ben Carson can be one....but he'd probably get called Uncle Tom
We haven't heard much about theses people or entities although we have to hear from them as they regurgitate their views to us...time we start to focus on them and their agenda.
NBC: Stephen B Burke CEO NBCUniversal Harvard grad on the boards of:Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan Chase
CBS: Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, Simon & Schuster, Harvard grad
ABC: Disney Media Corp.: Ben Sherwood, James Goldston Columbia and Harvard Law School
Huffington ......
Washington Post: Jeff Bezos, Princton University
Time Warner : Jeff Buwkes, Yale
etc...etc...etc....
Imagine that, true elitists from all the wonder schools...
ddoering
06-15-2017, 13:34
several countries are working on their terrorism-related legislation. The gist of it is the need to criminalize the radicalization process, not just reactively waiting until the terrorist act occurs.
I submit the MSM is guilty of radicalizing people with low restraint like this Bernie-loving loser of a shooter.
I fear the opposite is just true. There are conservative, Trump-supporting folks with low restraints as well.
So at which point free speech falls under hate mongering? or are we waiting for the next resistance lead campaign?
We sorely need a unifying figure at this point. Dr. Ben Carson can be one....but he'd probably get called Uncle Tom
I'm afraid there are segments of the population that are beyond unifying. Its just a matter of time before the other shoe drops and a right wing adherent exacts revenge. If it triggers a governmental response to reign in Constitutional protections in the name of safety that is how shit spins out of control.
Badger52
06-15-2017, 15:50
I'm afraid there are segments of the population that are beyond unifying. Its just a matter of time before the other shoe drops and a right wing adherent exacts revenge. If it triggers a governmental response to reign in Constitutional protections in the name of safety that is how shit spins out of control.+1 I think there are insufficient numbers who understand the level of butt-hurt over what was invested to get the assumed result of Queen Hillary. Blood (some bodies not yet recovered) and galactic levels of treasure are down the toilet; and those sources are the same places that supply the sensationalistic & perjorative trigger word du jour to the MSM and their minions.
As Chris Christie said the other day in the den of vipers at MSNBC when they brought up blatant accusations of treason & obstruction of justice:
"Whoa, hold it right there. As a former prosecutor I know what those things are in the law; so FIRST if you're going to use Big & Important words, you need to understand what they really mean and how to use them, and you don't."
The little automaton sat there goggle-eyed like someone had stolen her latte'. Multiply her times alot & add a bunch of zeroes.
They are not interested in unification; and I give Congress 16 days* before the next venomous rhetorical strike. And I'm probably being too generous(1). But I'll bethcha the illiterate hipsters (BLM, Antifa, et al) have already been directed to tamp it down for a few days. Suspension, not cessation.
* yeah, it's a complete guess :munchin
(1) Disclaimer: I don't count things like senile ramblings of people like McCain or Pelosi (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/15/after-scalise-shooting-pelosi-blames-fox-news-for-violent-threats-against-her.html).
They are not interested in unification; and I give Congress 16 days* before the next venomous rhetorical strike. And I'm probably being too generous(1). But I'll bethcha the illiterate hipsters (BLM, Antifa, et al) have already been directed to tamp it down for a few days. Suspension, not cessation.
The symbolic day of July 4th could be interesting this year.
Dean Jarvis
06-15-2017, 17:32
I'm afraid there are segments of the population that are beyond unifying. Its just a matter of time before the other shoe drops and a right wing adherent exacts revenge. If it triggers a governmental response to reign in Constitutional protections in the name of safety that is how shit spins out of control.
I don't think I would be going too far out on a limb by suggesting that history will show that these were the first shots fired in the next revolution.
As for the Obstruction of Justice claims. The MSM points to the Lester Holt interview with POTUS where he said he fired Comey because of the Russia investigation. Comey told Trump on three occasions that he was not under investigation. Trump asked him multiple times to make a public statement to that effect due to a cloud hanging over Trump led by the MSM to insinuate that trump was involved in collusion. Comey refused to do this. It's a simple case of insubordination and he has every right to fire the jerk.
The difference between a left leaning political shooter and right leaning political shooter is target ROI. The LLPS will attack politico's, resulting in a one or two day talk fest, while a RLPS will seek immediate long term results, by targeting media headliners and the humanities and social policy departments at major universities, these and other worthy soft targets would produce a collective reevaluation of their position.
several countries are working on their terrorism-related legislation. The gist of it is the need to criminalize the radicalization process, not just reactively waiting until the terrorist act occurs.
While prevention is almost always preferrable to mitigation/restoration, I'm very leery of blurring the line between thinking about doing something and actually doing it.
Badger52
06-16-2017, 07:43
While prevention is almost always preferrable to mitigation/restoration, I'm very leery of blurring the line between thinking about doing something and actually doing it.Likewise. Who becomes the arbiter of "bad thought?" Play that tape to the end.*
* Not that the Executive in a Constitutional Republic would ever use their agencies against their own citizens.
Ret10Echo
06-16-2017, 09:55
I'm not this articulate....
Colion Noir response (https://youtu.be/-R6w07kSjjE)
bblhead672
06-16-2017, 11:30
I'm not this articulate....
Colion Noir response (https://youtu.be/-R6w07kSjjE)
Excellent! "Gun control is what you talk about when you don't want to talk about the truth."
Divemaster
06-16-2017, 17:20
I haven't gone searching for the posts, but in the time leading up to the election weren't there some postings in threads that at least hinted at the possibility of some folks taking up arms if the empty pantsuit won? I'm pretty sure it wasn't explicit, but one could read between the lines. Let's not give the other side rhetorical ammunition to justify their using live ammo.
Well, what now?
Sheriff Clarke (https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/875928323595042816) :munchin
Pat
To follow up on his 1987 work an "artist" is now going to do a Piss Trump.
To follow up on his 1987 work an "artist" is now going to do a Piss Trump.
Ah, Toilet Art! How inspiring! Bet the "artist's" name is Turd McTurd, or maybe just the unisex "Shithead". Probably wears a toilet paper turban and smokes a wet cigar.
The progressive left can no longer hide their true colors. (They) speak like someone who has never been smacked in the fucking mouth. That's OK, we have the remedy.
(https://vimeo.com/146151777)
Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game
Dozens of congressional staffers erupted into boos, jeers and even vulgar gesticulations Thursday when President Trump appeared in a video at the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park.
Mr. Trump delivered a message of unity, but some fans in the stands weren’t having any of it.
One man shouted an expletive at the video screen as Mr. Trump was telling the fans: “We are showing the world we will not be intimidated by threats.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/congressional-staffers-boo-trump-unity-baseball-ga/
Badger52
06-17-2017, 09:05
The staffers are tools & can do what the politico him/herself can distance themselves from in front of a pandering interviewer.
bblhead672
06-19-2017, 08:44
Yes, it's all the right's rhetoric and hatred fueling the discord:
‘Hunt’ Republicans, says Union County Democrat in response to shooting
(http://nj1015.com/hunt-republicans-says-union-county-democrat-in-response-to-shooting/)
"“We are in a war with selfish, foolish & narcissistic rich people. Why is it a shock when things turn violent?” Devine posted on social media, ending the message with the hashtag: #HuntRepublicanCongressmen"
ddoering
06-19-2017, 14:04
Yes, it's all the right's rhetoric and hatred fueling the discord:
‘Hunt’ Republicans, says Union County Democrat in response to shooting
(http://nj1015.com/hunt-republicans-says-union-county-democrat-in-response-to-shooting/)
"“We are in a war with selfish, foolish & narcissistic rich people. Why is it a shock when things turn violent?” Devine posted on social media, ending the message with the hashtag: #HuntRepublicanCongressmen"
So he should not be surprised if someone sticks a gun to his head and DX's him.