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Rand Paul rips FBI’s ‘suicide by cop’ classification of baseball park shooting: ‘Unsupported by the facts’
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pushed back against the notion that the 2017 shooting at a congressional baseball practice was merely a case of "suicide by cop," after Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, revealed at a hearing this was exactly how the FBI characterized it at the time.
"I was present at the baseball practice where a Bernie Sanders supporter nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise," Paul said. "It would seem that his goal was to kill individual members of Congress since he had a list of targets in his pocket. He also was heard to yell, 'this is for healthcare!' To argue that this assassination attempt was suicide by cop is unsupported by the facts." The gunman, James Hodgkinson, fired well over 100 rounds at congressmen, their aides, and others present on the ball field.More Related News