The game must go on.
The annual congressional baseball game will be played as planned Thursday, June 15, despite the shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday that left four men shot, two of them in critical condition.
“If we don’t play this baseball game and we go home, they win,” said Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas).
The game, played since 1909, a popular event and a source of bipartisan connection.
“Every year, with a few interruptions, Senate and House members of each party solidify friendships off the floor and on the field,” reads the website for the event.
The fundraiser draws donations for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Nationals Dreams Foundation, and Washington Literacy Center.
This year, the Capitol Police Memorial Fund was added to the list of charities. Two Capitol Hill police officers were wounded in the attack. One, shot in the ankle, remains in the hospital. The other twisted his ankle and has been released.
