"But for now, the members of the congressional baseball team have made the decision to go forward with tonight's game, which will be played for charity". The Capitol Police Memorial Fund was added as a beneficiary on Wednesday.
Scalise remains in critical condition at a hospital near the Capitol and has undergone multiple surgeries.
The hospital says the Louisiana congressman "will require additional operations, and will be in the hospital for some time". The announcer's mention of Scalise, the House majority whip who was critically wounded in the attack Wednesday, brought the masses to their feet.
Law enforcement officials have said they found a list of Republican lawmakers' names on the body of James Hodgkinson, who apparently had been in the Washington area for several months stalking his targets.
Williams, a Republican coach who injured his leg and ankle while diving for cover during the shooting, also said it was important to play ball as planned.
A Secret Servicer officer was injured Wednesday evening by a vehicle he was trying to stop from disrupting President Donald Trump's motorcade back from the hospital where two victims of the attack on a congressional baseball practice are being treated. "We now have no evidence to suggest that the purchases were not lawful", the Capitol Police said in a statement.
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Scalise has always taken the game very seriously, according to his Capitol Hill colleagues. "It's more than just a game, but this year, it has a little bit more of a serious meaning to it".
At the end of the game when Democratic manager Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Doyle was presented the winning trophy, he called Republican manager Texas Rep. Joe Barton to join him. The doctor described how a bullet from an assault rifle entered Scalise's hip and traversed his pelvis, shattering blood vessels, bones and internal organs along the way. But Democrats and Republicans recognized that what happened to Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the third-ranking member in the House, could happen to anyone in public life. Long-ago Little Leaguers now in Congress don their spikes and dust off their gloves in a game played for claiming top dog status and to benefit several charities.
The proceeds from the $10 tickets will be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Washington Literacy Center and National Dreams Foundation. "I'm prayerful he will pull through, and I hope he does", he said.
With Thursday's game, Democrats have won 40 of the contests over the years.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) greets Director of the Office of Management Mick Mulvaney before Democrats and Republicans face off in the annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington, U.S., June 15, 2017.
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