The popular annual face-off, which raises money for charity, is scheduled to go forward as planned Thursday evening at Nationals Park in Washington.
And as lawmakers discussed increasing security, House Speaker Paul Ryan urged them to come together following in the incident.
The gesture of unity happened Thursday as House Majority Whip Steve Scalise remained in critical condition after emerging from his latest hospital procedure following the gunshot wound he suffered at the hands of a lone gunman at a baseball field in Virginia the day before.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File).
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) leaves during the House vote on continuing a resolution on a budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2017.
Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who was at Wednesday's practice and gave medical help after the shooting, said it would have "been awful" if the game had been canceled, and said Scalise would want it to go on.
Duncan and Brooks were at the Alexandria, Virginia, field where GOP members of Congress were practicing for a congressional baseball game Wednesday, although Duncan left before the shooting began.
Hodgkinson, a Belleville, Ill., resident who officials said had been living out of his vehicle in Alexandria, Va., opened fire as Congress members and staffers practiced for a charity baseball game slated for Thursday. The president made his comments as he spoke in Miami to announce a new policy on Cuba.
"Tonight's game has taken on a much deeper level of meaning, beyond anything that we would have thought", Trump said.
Dr. Jack Sava of MedStar Washington Hospital Center says "an excellent recovery is a good possibility", but says Scalise faces additional surgeries, a long hospital stay and rehabilitation. Reporters in Washington tracked Scalise's every hospital update and shared it on social media.
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Aguilar plays outfield for the Democratic team; before the shooting, Scalise was slated to play second base for the Republicans.
Representative Steve Scalise speaking at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. "The bullet traveled across his pelvis, fracturing bones, injuring internal organs and causing severe bleeding", a hospital statement said.
The gunman, 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, was shot and killed by responding officers.
Members of both parties said they needed to soften rhetorical attacks on each other, if only to set a better example for a public that seems increasingly divided into hostile political camps. Authorities also were going over a cellphone, computer and camera taken from Hodgkinson's white van, which was parked near the ballfield.
Steve Garvey, former Los Angeles Dodgers player, leads a prayer for the Republican team before the Congressional baseball game, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Washington.
Lobbyist Matt Mika was shot multiple times and critically injured and remained hospitalised.
Bailey received a hero's welcome from a record crowd of almost 25,000 at Thursday's game when he threw out the first pitch, and Barth also showed up for the game, walking with crutches.
Bailey was spotted Friday in the Capitol, on crutches and out of uniform, accepting congratulations from fellow officers.
The shooting prompted talk of improving security for lawmakers, most of whom are unaccompanied by officers in their normal day-to-day pursuits.
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