BELLEVILLE – The man Capitol police and Scalise security shot in defense of Congress members practicing for the annual baseball game Wednesday morning was reportedly a strong supporter of Bernie Sanders and a critic of President Donald Trump. The shooter, who has since died in the hospital from gun shot wounds, is from Belleville Illinois.
His Facebook Page showed the following on March 22, 2017:
Heavy.com reports Hodgkinson wrote on his Facebook page:
“Bernie is the Only Candidate in Decades that Really Cares about the Working Class. … Bernie is a Candidate of a Lifetime. We Need Bernie in the White House. Bernie is the Only Candidate Talking about the Issues.”
Sanders has not responded to the shooter’s support of his campaign, but tweeted, “Our prayers go out for a full recovery of Rep. Scalise, the congressional aides and police who were injured. We’ve got to stop the violence.”
UPDATE x1: "Illinois Tattler" also found on Hodgkinson's FB page that he was angry with Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner:
