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As a light rain trickled down Wednesday, Republican members of Congress returned to a baseball field where a [shooter] critically wounded teammate Rep. Steve Scalise and shattered their sense of security nearly a year ago.
“Today is an emotional day,” said Texas Rep. Joe Barton, manager of the Republican congressional baseball team. “But it’s also a rebirth, a renewal. I’m proud of the team.”
On June 14, Republican lawmakers practicing for their annual charity baseball game against Democrats found themselves scrambling to dodge gunfire from a man behind a chain-link fence.
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Scalise, whose slow recovery for a time involved him wheeling around the Capitol in a motorized scooter souped up with Louisiana State University gear, underwent another procedure last week and could not attend the practice. He mostly uses canes now to get around.
I'm glad they did not let left-wing terrorist types stop them from what they enjoy doing.
Did the lobbyists who “ play ball” with the legislators also return to the scene of the crime?
I was surprised to learn that legislators and the lobbyists who feed them “ play ball” together on both teams.
Croneyism at its finest.
There is no shortage of left wing, right wing and no wing lunatics in the US.
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