Donald Trump woke up 71 years old today, his first birthday as president and the same day that Americans celebrate the 1777 adoption of the national flag, or Flag Day.
He also woke up to some grim news.
A gunman shot, but did not kill, several people practicing for a congressional baseball game at a field in Alexandria, Virginia. The gunman, who has been identified as James T. Hodgkinson, seemed to be targeting the Republican lawmakers who were practicing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park; he had posted anti-Trump comments on social media before the attack, including “It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co,” TMZ reported.
Trump said in a live statement shortly before noon that the shooter had died from his wounds and that Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) a representative from Mississippi, and two Capitol police officers were in serious but stable condition. Two others were also injured, he said.
A few minutes after that statement, another shooting at a UPS facility in San Francisco occurred.
