Not much confirmed right now. No reports of any deaths or even very serious injury.
Gunman in custody. So far, looks to be the best possible version of a terrible thing.
Please delay discussion of potential political repercussions until we have concrete details on what happened.
Except for the fact that it was an outright politically motivated attempted mass murder that gop fuckers are going to use to try and forward their shitty agenda
I'd like to delay discussion of political fallout. It's definitely a discussion we will have, but first lets see what actually happened. No deaths (including the gunman) is a good thing and I'll be happy for it.
Except for the fact that it was an outright politically motivated attempted mass murder that gop fuckers are going to use to try and forward their shitty agenda
JFC, at least wait a couple hours for the police to leak his motivations.
Except for the fact that it was an outright politically motivated attempted mass murder that gop fuckers are going to use to try and forward their shitty agenda
JFC, at least wait a couple hours for the police to leak his motivations.
the only thing that will matter is which party he's registered with and for how long
Except for the fact that it was an outright politically motivated attempted mass murder that gop fuckers are going to use to try and forward their shitty agenda
JFC, at least wait a couple hours for the police to leak his motivations.
the only thing that will matter is which party he's registered with and for how long
None of that matters atm.
First we focus on the victims and make sure they're good, because that's the biggest priority.
Except for the fact that it was an outright politically motivated attempted mass murder that gop fuckers are going to use to try and forward their shitty agenda
JFC, at least wait a couple hours for the police to leak his motivations.
the only thing that will matter is which party he's registered with and for how long
None of that matters atm.
First we focus on the victims and make sure they're good, because that's the biggest priority.
Rand Paul, the Republican senator for Kentucky, told MSNBC he was practising in a batting cage just outside the fence to the baseball field when the shots started.
He heard a succession of five or 10 shots and then realised the Republican majority whip senator Steve Scalise was hit on the baseball field and was “trying to drag himself through the dirt towards the dugout”.
Two Congressional staffers were also on the ground, with shots kicking up dirt all around them, he said.
Paul, who hid behind a tree with a staffer who leapt over a high fence, described shots landing in the dirt in the outfield and around them.
He said at one point the gunman, who he thought was armed with a rifle must have reloaded and then there were 50 or 60 shots.
“Everybody probably would have died except for the fact that the Capitol Hill police were there,” he said.
The Alexandria police chief and Capitol police chief have both made statements. All they said was yes there was a shooting, event is over, we'll let you know. See WaPo link in OP for details.
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Well I'm not a doctor taking care of them so I can do other things like ponder the implications since their care isn't my responsibility.
Not throwing around unsound implications is our responsibility.
What do we know?
White shooter, republicans shot.
That's quite literally all. Whatever you can ponder out of that is probably going to be colored by the result you want to see come of it.
Right, I wouldn't ascribe motivations this early. Could have been any number of motivations, mental illness, etc
Its entirely possible that "Democrats or Republicans" guy was a case of mistaken identity.
Seems super likely, actually. Since he wasn't dressed like the shooter was described by eye witnesses. Duncan seems to be jumping to conclusions with that interaction.
This is the first major domestic incident this year (it's horrible that I have to use so many qualifiers in that sentence...).
I'm terrified of what trump will do
If the suspect was a Democrat, he'll blame Democrats. If he was a Republican he'll blame the Democrats and their fake news media for turning the man against Republicans with their lies. If he was mentally ill, then it will also be Obamas fault that the ACA didn't get him the help he needed.
So, no fatalities confirmed. Which is good. Just another one of americas 30000 gun-violence episodes a year. By random chance alone, the odds of one of these involving a republican congres member is about once every 20 years. So, there we have it. Another gun violence tragedy, this time targeting our political leaders. But, with so many each year, no one can be lucky forever. Thank goodness trained officers were swiftly present to deal with the shooter in a professional way. We can only hope that proper gun control will follow.
There's my 'we live in a functional reality' read of the situation.
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If the shooter turns out to be a far-right Trumpshirt that was trying to assassinate the Congressman because he wasn't supporting Trump enough, you can bet that Fox will drop the story faster than the terrorist attack against the IRS building (remember that? The guy flying his plane into an IRS building and killing several people? But because he was a white guy that incidence of domestic terrorism just vanished off the radar?)
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it's not a secret that republican congresspeople (-men?) would be there at that time
this wasn't a random act or anything
but all we know is allegedly a white male shooter, who's in custody after being shot by capitol police, so like
a bit early for the liberals will all be rounded up into camps speculation
if I had to place a long-odds bet, I'd say this guy's from out of town, and not from the political left. not Islamist, and probably feeling threatened by some House bill like healthcare repeal or some labor-related screwiness.
If the shooter turns out to be a far-right Trumpshirt that was trying to assassinate the Congressman because he wasn't supporting Trump enough, you can bet that Fox will drop the story faster than the terrorist attack against the IRS building (remember that? The guy flying his plane into an IRS building and killing several people? But because he was a white guy that incidence of domestic terrorism just vanished off the radar?)
I do, because my father was working as an IRS agent at the time, and the attack really scared me. (Also, the comments that Wesley Snipes made about that attack are why I will never watch anything he's acted in anymore.)
It would be mighty coincidental for someone to just so happen to randomly decide to kill a bunch of people and for those random folks to be the likes of the Republican majority whip and rand paul
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JFC, at least wait a couple hours for the police to leak his motivations.
the only thing that will matter is which party he's registered with and for how long
None of that matters atm.
First we focus on the victims and make sure they're good, because that's the biggest priority.
sorry, I meant to say after the dust settles
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Not throwing around unsound implications is our responsibility.
What do we know?
White shooter, republicans shot.
That's quite literally all. Whatever you can ponder out of that is probably going to be colored by the result you want to see come of it.
Official presser at ~10:30. No reported fatalities, 5 people transported to medical facilities.
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oh what I think will happen is absolutely not what I want to see come of it
Yeah, but I remember the Boston Marathon bombing and how our "analysis" went for that.
I remember reddit or some site giving out the wrong information or some such
I'm just speculating, I don't know what will come of this, but I'd be willing to say it won't be good
edit: this is the party that made up a terrorist attack in Bowling Green because "why not!?" .... I'm terrified what they'll do with something real.
Duncan, who is the one that gave us the "are they democrats or republicans" quote wasn't there for the actual incident, and was leaving early.
So it's probably best to let this all shake out before start speculating too heavily on motive.
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I'm terrified of what trump will do
Either way, this little event is a powder keg tossed into the spark pit of social media already.
Already got false-flag allegations lining up.
Not confirmed related, but how many shootings are there in Alexandria on a Wednesday morning?
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Right, I wouldn't ascribe motivations this early. Could have been any number of motivations, mental illness, etc
Its entirely possible that "Democrats or Republicans" guy was a case of mistaken identity.
It's a white shooter so: nothing.
The Democrats were practicing on the field earlier in the day as well.
Seems super likely, actually. Since he wasn't dressed like the shooter was described by eye witnesses. Duncan seems to be jumping to conclusions with that interaction.
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There's always false flag allegations.
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If the suspect was a Democrat, he'll blame Democrats. If he was a Republican he'll blame the Democrats and their fake news media for turning the man against Republicans with their lies. If he was mentally ill, then it will also be Obamas fault that the ACA didn't get him the help he needed.
Alexandria is generally pretty safe as far as shootings go. It's your typical Rich White Government Worker neighbourhood.
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There's my 'we live in a functional reality' read of the situation.
yup this particular neighborhood is pretty darn gentrified upper middle class at this point
this wasn't a random act or anything
but all we know is allegedly a white male shooter, who's in custody after being shot by capitol police, so like
a bit early for the liberals will all be rounded up into camps speculation
Yeah.
I mean, Jared Lee Loughner.
Sometimes this shit is just inexplicable tragedy.
WTOP is saying traffic is all kinds of fucked up in the area, hopefully you can work from home.
I do, because my father was working as an IRS agent at the time, and the attack really scared me. (Also, the comments that Wesley Snipes made about that attack are why I will never watch anything he's acted in anymore.)
fortunately I'm off today anyways because my schedule is weird but yeah, most of what I do have to do is from home
Probably a good move
Edit: all votes in the House cancelled today, so not specific to the gun thing
What qualifies as a major domestic incident?
Two Indian guys were shot, one died, and a guy that tried to chase down the assailant was also shot, earlier this year in my neck of the woods.
And the Indian guys were shot because random white old racist guy thought they were Iranians that were taking his job, or some shit