Harlan Hill, a political consultant based in NY who supports Trump, said people should not blame Sanders personally, but he said the senator's description of the president as "dangerous" illustrated the "apocalyptic terms" and "melodrama" that have created a combustible political atmosphere.
"The Left in this country is ushering in a new #CultureOfViolence where violent hate is the new normal", Mitchell tweeted at 9:27 a.m.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have roundly condemned Hodgkinson's actions and called for a moment of unity immeidately after the shooting.
On Facebook, a page apparently belonging to the shooter showed affiliations with online groups with incendiary names such as "Terminate the Republican Party" and "The Road to Hell is Paved with Republicans". "And so we exchanged greetings and I don't even, at that time, remember what his name was".
Natasha Stewart, 30, a nonprofit worker in Berkeley, doesn't think so. Calhoun, who lives in Millstadt today, said he didn't stay in touch with Hodgkinson after high school.
Law enforcement officials have not said what they believe Hodgkinson's motive may have been for the shooting.
CORNISH: Are they saying anything about the town's connection to the shooting itself? Jones, who interned for Milk and was friends with the civil rights hero, was one of the first people to find his body.
Sanders issued a two-paragraph statement on the shooting and read it almost verbatim on the Senate floor. Jones said he thought the Virginia fusillade was a symptom of modern-day politics.
"I am sickened by this despicable act", he said.
Hodgkinson is accused of attacking congressional GOP leaders at a baseball practice outside of Washington D.C., including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. "He is grateful for the courageous actions of US Capitol Police, first responders and colleagues", his office said in a statement.
Doctors said Friday that Scalise had a second surgery on Thursday and although he remains in critical condition, his condition has improved.
Holbrook said Hodgkinson wasn't active among Democrats there. Peppered with cartoons, viral videos, and election memes, they could have belonged to any other fired-up, pissed-off liberal political junkie.
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It would seem hard to argue that Trump's rhetoric - which has included calling women dogs, calling Mexicans rapists, calling Muslims terrorists, referring to his political opponents with condescending nicknames, and of course perhaps most infamously bragging about sexual assault - has not played a role in the current tone in our nation's discourse.
Several people were injured, including Rep. Scalise.
RoseAnn DeMoro, the executive director of National Nurses United, a union that campaigned heavily for Sanders and continues to work with him, said some were hoping to discredit Sanders to slow down the continuing success of his brand of politics.
Experts say far more important factors behind shootings are untreated mental health issues and past histories of violence.
The Daily Caller's report did not identify the source of its information.
In one sentence, Meurer offers up a snapshot of American partisanship: For many Americans, their political affiliation is a central component of their identity.
He noted in an apparent reference to Trump that "I never had confrontations and fights at my rallies".
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom has seen its fair share of political violence in connection with the Brexit referendum.
The White House said Trump's push is aimed at training workers with specific skills for particular jobs that employers say they can't fill at a time of historically low unemployment. "This is an ongoing narrative that is all they hear, and when somebody is on the edge, they take action". The Hodgkinsons' foster daughter, Wanda Ashley Stock, killed herself at the age of 17 in a brutal manner: Ashley doused herself with gasoline and set herself on fire inside her vehicle on a rural road south of Belleville.
"We're just not sure at this time" how he spent his time, he said.
His hatred of Trump leads me to wonder whether carrying out this attack on Trump's 71st birthday was any coincidence.
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