The opposing sides are paying tribute to Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority whip who was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a Republican baseball practice in Virginia on Wednesday. Hodgkinson, who is from IL, is dead.
"It's been much more hard than people even thought at that time", President Trump said of Scalise.
"We're all praying for him", House Speaker Paul Ryan said during the interview right before the game, adding that Scalise's wife "Jennifer and the kids are here".
Rep. Steve Scalise, the third-highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, is still in critical condition after undergoing the latest in a series of surgeries Thursday morning as a result of a gunshot wound to his hip.
A congressional aide and a lobbyist were also injured in the shooting.
Scalise sustained serious injuries as the bullet traveled through his pelvis and injured internal organs. She said the family is "forever grateful for the heroism of Special Agents Crystal Griner and David Bailey, who saved the lives of everyone at the baseball field that morning".
As the game progressed, MedStar Washington Hospital Center released an update on Scalise's condition.
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It is just the latest round of injustice delivered by a system that has always failed to hold police accountable for their crimes. The city says it concluded the public "will be best served" if Yanez no longer works for the city. "He was compliant", Choi said.
Colleagues, who visited Mr Scalise at a Washington hospital, sounded generally upbeat but spoke more in terms of hopes than the confident predictions of the immediate aftermath a day earlier. Congressional and law enforcement sources described it as a "deliberate attack".
"We've had a very, very divided country for many years", Trump said. Steve is our friend, he's a patriot, and he is a true fighter.
On Twitter, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, blamed the shooting on "the leading cultural voices of the Left", but such political rhetoric was mostly drowned out by calls for unity and prayer.
Scalise has previously played in the congressional game and in previous years wore a variety of Louisiana jerseys.
Thursday's game starts at 7 p.m.in Nationals Park and will benefit several charities. He was out of surgery and in critical condition as of Wednesday afternoon, his family said in a statement.
A Capitol Police officer who risked his life responding to Wednesday's attack on a Republican baseball practice threw the first pitch at the Congressional Baseball Game Thursday.
Scalise's alma mater is reportedly helping make the tribute possible.
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