Virginia Shooting Suspect Was Distraught Over Trumps Election, Brother Says

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Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — The man suspected of opening fire on Republican members of the congressional baseball team early Wednesday morning was distraught over the election of President Trump and traveled to Washington in recent weeks to protest, his brother said on Wednesday.

The suspect, James Thomas Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Ill., died in a Washington hospital after a shootout with the police.

“I know he wasn’t happy with the way things were going, the election results and stuff,” his brother, Michael Hodgkinson, said in a telephone interview shortly after he received the news on Wednesday. He added that he was not close to his brother and had not been aware why he remained in Washington.

“Totally out of the blue,” he added, saying that his brother was engaged in politics but otherwise led a normal life.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/politics/virginia-shooting-suspect-james-hodgkinson.html?_r=0

[TomCADem]

1. Man Who Attacked GOP Politicians Was A Bernie Supporter With A Violent History

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59414028e4b003d5948c6f50?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

WASHINGTON ― The man who opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for an upcoming baseball game on Wednesday was apparently a Bernie Sanders supporter outspoken in his distaste for the GOP, President Donald Trump and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

James Hodgkinson, a home inspector from Belleville, Illinois, died at a hospital in Washington, D.C., following a shootout with Capitol Police at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Two Facebook pages apparently belonging to Hodgkinson ― both now inaccessible to the public ― reveal strong political sentiments.

He once posted a petition on Facebook asking the Federal Elections Commission to open an election fraud investigation into Clinton and the Democratic National Committee. He wrote that Clinton was “Really a Republican in a Democratic Pant suit.

[bora13]

2. so now

anyone who feels deep negativity about t-rump (which has to be at least 51% of the country) can be targeted for
being a potential criminal?

Ladies and gentlemen, "The Central Scrutinizers" are in the house.

[Scarsdale]

3. Time for the "representatives"

to do their jobs. Investigate the Russian influence in the election, the WH and tRump businesses. The gop is responsible for the unrest in the country, from lax gun laws, to defending a lunatic in the WH. They know as well as the rest of us that tRump is not in office for the good of the country. He takes care of #1 first and foremost, then Ivanka, then the rest of the clan. Next election should be a bloodbath for the gop, after the total disregard they have shown for average working class people.