Proceeds for the game benefit a number of local charities.
Scalise was shot in the hip, and sustained grievous injuries as the bullet traveled through his pelvis and injured internal organs.
At least one Republican shared the view that Trump bore some responsibility for the shootings.
The FBI said it was investigating the shooter's "activities and social media impressions" in the months leading up to the attack.
Authorities say they are examining a cell phone, a computer and a camera found inside a white van where the gunman who wounded a top Republican congressman and several others had been living.
So far, investigators have not linked Hodgkinson to any radical groups, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Dr. Jack Sava, the hospital's director of trauma, said Friday.
"Predicting the length of his hospital stay is hard today", said Dr. Jack Sava with MedStar Washington Hospital said.
The president says that because of the "tremendous pain and suffering he's now enduring. our country will perhaps become closer, more unified".
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And we learned that her husband told her that he wanted to go to Washington D.C.to work with people to change the tax brackets. Clair County, is politically purple. "I yelled, 'Quit shooting toward the houses, '" Schaumleffel said.
Scalise has undergone multiple surgeries and will need more.
Scalise's alma mater reportedly helped make the tribute at the game possible.
Scalise had been fielding balls at second base when he was shot and then dragged himself away from the infield in a trail of blood. Congressional staffer Zachary Barth, grazed in the leg, is out of the hospital. His doctors indicated Scalise suffered internal wounds and fractured bones, and was due for additional surgery. "He's going to be OK".
James T. Hodgkinson, 66, allegedly opened fire on a Congressional baseball team as Republicans were practicing for an annual game to be played at Nationals Park Thursday.
Capitol Police Officer Crystal Griner also remains at the MedStar Washington hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound to her ankle, but is in "good condition and good spirits" the hospital said.
A former congressman who formerly held the seat now held by Scalise says his condition is serious.
Injured Capitol Hill Police officer David Bailey throws out a ceremonial first pitch with Joe Torre, MLB's Chief Baseball Officer, right, watching, before the Congressional baseball game, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Washington. Unity was the theme of the spirited rivalry; Democrats won in an 11-2 blowout.
Cramer's comments echoed others by House members of both parties Thursday. The Capitol's usual partisan combativeness, though not absent, was less pointed than usual, and warm words were exchanged between some lawmakers with starkly opposing political philosophies.
The congressional ballgame dates back to 1909. "But you have long since earned my respect, and you deserve to be heard, and you are an honourable individual". It is a rare and genuine opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to put their divisions aside and show those gathered in the stadium and watching across the U.S., that they are not just politicians - they are people and players. Whatever our political differences are, they can not strike at the thing we have in common - this republic.
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