Trump Wakes up to Tragedy on 71st Birthday

Trump Wakes up to Tragedy on 71st Birthday
President Donald Trump delivers a statement about the shooting at a Congressional Republicans baseball practice from the White House in Washington on June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Holly Kellum
Holly Kellum
Washington Correspondent
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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.  

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks with Peter Welch (D-VT) before the markup of the the American Health Care Act, the Republican replacement to Obamacare, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 8, 2017. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks with Peter Welch (D-VT) before the markup of the the American Health Care Act, the Republican replacement to Obamacare, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Holly Kellum
Holly Kellum
Washington Correspondent
Holly Kellum is a Washington correspondent for NTD. She has worked for NTD on and off since 2012.
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