The baseball field where James T. Hodgkinson carried out Wednesday’s attack.
Shots fired! Whither America? I refer, of course, to the latest violent outrage committed by a representative of the political left and what it means for America’s future.
By now, you’ve doubtless heard about how the former Illinois home inspector James T. Hodgkinson walked up to a Washington D.C. baseball diamond, asked if it was the Republicans out there, and upon being told yes, opened fire, wounding four and dying in a shootout with the D.C. police.
While liberals sought to deflect blame, putting the onus for the shooting on conservative support for Second Amendment gun rights, a more likely cause can be found in the violent rhetoric and actions of the left itself.
For more than a year, liberals and progressives have engaged in a hate campaign against Donald Trump and his supporters that brings to mind the sort of violence committed at the hands of the Nazi Brownshirts of yesteryear.
And the violence has come, not just from fringe elements of the left such as Antifa, but remarkably enough from the DNC itself.
In fact, given the shrill, over-the-top, non-stop, anti-Trump, anti-Republican vituperation from the left lo these many months, Wednesday’s attack seems less a surprise and more an unavoidable consequence.
Just days before the shooting, reports were circulated about Free Shakespeare in the Park’s staging of Julius Caesar, in which an actor playing the part of Caesar, dressed as Donald Trump, was stabbed to death.
It’s hard to view an outrage such as this as anything other than the expression of the heartfelt wish of many progressives. Whether it’s Snoop Dog taking a .38 to the head of a Trump-like clown, Madonna openly admitting she often thinks about blowing up the White House, or the profanity laced rants of washed up actor Robert De Niro, the entertainment community has done much to incite the sort of violence seen Wednesday.
One might even say these individuals have blood on their hands.
And in case anyone has doubts about just how far beyond the pale the left’s rhetoric has become, just substitute Barack Obama for Donald Trump in any of the above examples. Said one attendee at the staging of Julius Caesar, “To be honest I thought it was shocking and distasteful. If this had happened to any other president – even as recently as Barack Obama or George W. Bush – it would not have flown. People would have been horrified.”
Indeed.
Whither America? I wish I knew. Progressives love to boast about their tolerance, lover and compassion. But those who are on the receiving end of their vitriol may not be so convinced of their goodwill.
As Christians, let us seek the peace of the city, let us pray for our country, and let us not be afraid to condemn those who seek to achieve by violence and threats of violence what they could not at the ballot box.
Lux Lucet 
Steve, Did you notice who was leading the prayer as a show of “national coming together” and his shirt proudly displaying his true allegiance!!! The Right (left) Reverend Patrick Conroy- JESUIT. Their fingerprints are all over this falseflag event.
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/icymi-victims-heroes-and-a-slimy-shady-senate-secret
Hi, Mike. It’s good to hear from you. I knew Conroy was a priest, but did not realize he was a Jesuit. Those guys have been on a role lately. They have the papacy and they almost put one of their own into the Vice-Presidency.
Conroy’s (House Chaplain) His Wikipedia article quote:
Conroy’s work with students of all faiths has helped him feel comfortable with prayers that are inclusive. For example, saying then when he “know[s] there are non-Christians in the group with whom I am praying, I never pray in the name of Jesus – except when I’m doing something Catholic – saying Mass, for example.”[11]
Utter denial of Christ as the only Mediator between God and man He proudly spews!
That’s what I’d expect from a Jesuit. They will do what advances the cause of the Roman Church-State, not the cause of Christ.
It grows worse the more you look! Wikipedia Rev. Jesuit Patrick Conroy again, this time showing the pedophilic ties of this priest of Baal.
“On May 6, 2011, when his (Conroy’s) selection was announced, it was made clear that his name would be submitted to the full House for confirmation,[14] with plans to have him sworn in (if confirmed) on May 25, 2011, and begin service May 26, 2011.[7] However, on May 11, Pelosi announced she was “reconsidering” support when it was revealed that the group for which Conroy worked had paid $166 million for more than 400 claims of child sexual abuse,[10] Boehner’s reaction was to say that Conroy was vetted and that the nomination would stand.[10]
However, The Seattle Times reported that Conroy had written a letter in 1986 to then-Seattle Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen about an accusation of abuse by a priest in Hunthausen’s archdiocese, and when Conroy received no reply, he did not follow up on the issue.[10] Fr. Dennis Champagne, the accused priest, remained in the ministry until 2002, when he finally resigned after the boy made his accusations public.[10]
The Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus paid the largest sex-abuse settlement of any order in the Roman Catholic Church.[15] A spokesperson for Pelosi’s office stated that “new information has arisen” since the initial review of Conroy’s candidacy, and would be reviewed “as expeditiously as possible” with no “pre-judgment.”[15] According to Fox News Channel, Pelosi did not have information about the $166 million settlement when she initially supported the nomination.[16]”
Fascinating. I also noticed that the Wikipedia article Roman Catholic John Boehner welcomed this Jesuit as House Chaplin. I wonder if Boehner had anything to do with bring him into that role. Further I found that the guy who preceded Conroy was the first RC priest to serve as Chaplin. So we now have had RC priests in this role since 2000. Sad!