Speaker 1: Shortly after Congressman Steve Scales and four others were shot
Speaker 1: at a baseball practice. Speaker Ryan addressed House members. He
Speaker 1: said that despite political divisions, Republicans and Democrats are one family.
Speaker 1: An attack on one is an attack on all. His
Speaker 1: remarks were widely praised as the right words at the
Speaker 1: right moment. Speaker Ryan referenced a touching photo of the
Speaker 1: Democrats softball team practicing in another field that morning in
Speaker 1: prayer for their fallen colleagues. These Democrats were left unharmed
Speaker 1: because the shooter did not see Republicans and Democrats as
Speaker 1: one family. He saw Republicans as enemies who deserve to die.
Speaker 1: James Hodgkinson, the shooter was steeped in standard liberal talking
Speaker 1: points paving Republicans as evil. Over the years, Congressional Democrats,
Speaker 1: their masters in the drive by media, and their buddies
Speaker 1: in the entertainment industry have all painted Republicans with that
Speaker 1: same brush. They've told Americans that Republicans are coming for
Speaker 1: our children. They're coming for the poor. They're coming for
Speaker 1: the sick, the elderly, that disabled. They've said Republicans want
Speaker 1: to cut health programs. The Republicans want to starve school
Speaker 1: kids that Republicans are anti woman, anti minority, anti gay,
Speaker 1: anti immigrant, anti clean air and water, anti planet Earth.
Speaker 1: Republican policy ideas are always portrayed in the media as
Speaker 1: illegitimate and maybe even criminal. This shooting is the direct
Speaker 1: result of hate, and that hate comes from the left.