Baseball, America, and the Scalise Shooting


This article was originally published on June 19, 2017.

Baseball is America's Favorite Pasttime. It's a sport that focuses on team building and unites people of different backgrounds.

A lot of people watched with excitement as the Kansas City Royals returned to the World Series to win it all in 2015, and again in 2017 when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series and ended their "curse."

So when a Bernie Sanders supporter opened fire at GOP Republicans practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, it makes this case harder to bear because the crime took place at a baseball field.

On June 14, 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson shot and wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La, and four others. He was shot and killed by Capital police officers on the scene.

Scalise is still in critical condition.

Regardless of whether you're conservative or liberal, this shooting isn't just an attack on Republicans. It's an attack on America and her favorite pasttime. Hodgkinson turned a baseball field into a war zone, intending to kill people.

It's a good thing Congressional leaders decided to have the Congressional Baseball Game as scheduled because it shows they aren’t intimidated by violence. They aren't letting this attack prevent them from playing together on the same field.

Instead of dividing our country, this event should unite all Americans. Just like baseball and the World Series. And not just the game itself, but the shooting that shows the need for Americans to take action against acts of violence. That includes fighting back against people who single out or target conservatives and Republicans.






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