At around 11:00 (07:00 local) they came under fire prompting a roughly ten minute gun battle between the attacker and the Congressmen's police security detail. This gun battle left four people wounded including Republican Majority Whip Steve Scalise who appears to have been the intended target of the attack.
The gunman who was wounded at the scene and later died has been identified as James Hodgkinson a 67 year old originally from Illinois.
Hodgkinson had previously worked on the campaign of 2016 Democrat Party Presidential primary candidate Bernie Sanders. His Facebook page is full of angry tirades against the Republican Party and Donald Trump in particular. This includes being a member of a; "Terminate the Republican Party" group.
So although James Hodgkinson is white and does not appear to be a Muslim this unlawful use of violence in furtherance of political objective is a clear example of domestic terrorism. Sadly this is something we've come to expect from the US Democrat Party.
You may remember that in the summer of 2016 Democrat Party Presidential primary candidate and eventual nominee Hillary Clinton was under investigation by the FBI over allegations of espionage against the US.
On July 5th 2016 (5/7/16) then FBI Director James Comey announced that Hillary Clinton had in fact committed 110 offences of espionage against the US but inexplicably decided not to seek her prosecution.
This triggered a series of Congressional hearings in which the Republican Party demanded an explanation of why Hillary Clinton was not being prosecuted.
However Democrats attempted to disrupt proceedings by accusing the Republicans of racism and demanding to know what the FBI was doing to investigate the killing by police officers of two black men- Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
On July 5th 2016 (5/7/16) police in Baton Rogue, Louisiana were called to reports that Alton Sterling had been threatening people with a gun. Upon their arrival Alton Sterling attacked the police whilst wielding that gun and was shot and killed by the police. Cases of the lawful use of force do not come clearer.
On July 6th 2016 (6/7/16) police officers stopped Philando Castile in St Anthony, Minnesota. Castile responded to this armed traffic stop by refusing the police's lawful instructions repeatedly shouting; "I've got a gun" while reaching into his pockets. This resulted in him being shot and wounded in the arm.
What caused Philando Castile to lose his life was that his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds blocked the police's attempts to give him life saving medical aid. Instead she chose to film Castile's death on her cellphone. This was very similar to the Martyrdom video produced by Larossi Abballa on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Magnanville, France on June 13th 2016 (13/6/16).
Fuelled by the Democrats' rhetoric during the hearings on Hillary Clinton's criminality both the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile cases sparked largescale violent protests across the US under the well worn banner of; "Black Lives Matter."
At one of those Black Lives Matter gatherings in Dallas, Texas on July 7th (7/7/16) a Black Lives Matter activist Micah Johnson opened fire on the police killing five and wounding 11.
On July 17th 2016 (17/6/17) another Black Lives Matter activist - Gavin Long - ambushed police officers in Baton Rogue, Louisiana killing three and wounding three. This came 10 days after police in Louisiana had arrested four other Black Lives Matter activists who'd stolen firearms in an effort to conduct a similar attack against police.
Hillary Clinton was of course defeated in the November 8th 2016 (8/11/16) Presidential Election by Donald Trump.
Since then the Democrats seem to have abandoned the Black Lives Matter brand in favour of accusing President Trump of being linked to Russia and holding seemingly endless Congressional hearings on the matter. These Congressional hearings have really not been going well for the Democrats.
June 8th 2017 (8/6/17) was unofficially designated as; "Comey Day." This saw Democrat supporters across the nation take the day off work and gather around TV's to watch James Comey's testimony before Congress.
Their hope was that Comey would accuse President Trump of obstructing the Russia investigation triggering impeachment proceedings. It didn't turn out like that.
The main takeaways from Comey's testimony were;
- President Trump is not under investigation over ties to Russia.
- President Trump has in no way attempted to obstruct any ongoing investigation.
- No member of President Trump's staff or his Republican Party has in anyway attempted to obstruct any ongoing investigation.
- US Attorney General Loretta Lynch did obstruct the investigation into Hillary Clinton's espionage.
CNN who'd been counting down the seconds to Comey's testimony for three whole days were then forced to spend the rest of the day they'd dedicated to the event desperately trying to pretend that Comey hadn't given testimony and nothing had been said.
I don't think CNN have ever covered a UK election in as much detail as the UK election the results of which started emerge some three hours after Comey's testimony.
Tuesday (13/7/17) saw current Attorney General Jeff Sessions give testimony to Congress on the Russia investigation. The sole allegation against Sessions is that he met the Russian Ambassador while part of President Trump's November 2016 to January 2017 transition team. This is the entire point of Ambassadors.
So by accusing Sessions of wrongdoing for having a perfectly normal meeting with a foreign Ambassador the Democrats seem to be saying that Hillary Clinton's election defeat was worse then the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. A pretty bold claim.
Immediately before the start of Session's testimony Hillary Clinton herself Tweeted out a message about healthcare reform. This attempt to change the subject seemed intended to signal to the Democrats to drop the Russia conspiracy theories which are making them look seriously foolish.
The actions of Bernie Sanders campaign worker yesterday (14/6/17) have triggered a wave of unity between Republicans and Democrats. We will see if the Democrats will drop their rantings in order to continue this spirit of bipartisanship.
Under James Comey the FBI failed for two whole days to investigate the December 2nd 2015 (2/12/15) terror attack in San Bernardino, California as a terror attack. The FBI have never investigated the Dallas terror attack, the Baton Rogue terror attack or the December 14th 2014 (14/12/14) New York City terror attack as terrorist attacks.
James Comey of course has been fired and the FBI is now under the control of acting Director Andrew McCabe.
It was under Andrew McCabe that the FBI leaked vital information regarding the May 22nd 2017 (22/5/17) bombing of the Manchester Evening News Arena (MENA) in Manchester, UK obstructing Britain's attempts to investigate that terror attack. So basically McCabe is currently wanted in the UK for terrorism offences.
Andrew McCabe of course was also the lead investigator in the Hillary Clinton espionage investigation. During that time he received almost USD1million in payments from the Democrat Party. This includes a payment from Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe.
Under McCabe the FBI has so far failed to investigate yesterday's terror attack as a terror attack. Instead they have chosen to echo Governor McAuliffe's claim that it is nothing more then random gun violence that only the Democrats can save America from.
So I think it is fair to assume that Andrew McCabe time with the FBI is going to end very soon.
This has prompted the Washington Post newspaper to try and leap to McCabe's aid. Last night they cited those famous 'anonymous sources' to claim that President Trump is in fact under investigation for obstructing the Russia investigation.
It is obvious that the Washington Post have published this false story in the hope that when Andrew McCabe does get fired they can try and convince readers that it's President Trump trying to obstruct the Russia investigation.
However the reasons why someone may have fed the Washington Post an entirely false story are potentially much more interesting.
Events in Virginia yesterday were of course immediately preceded by the fire at the Grenfell Tower in the Kensington area of London, UK. At the time I said that this had set off a lot of alarm bells.
For example it seems to have prompted a much smaller fire at a World Cup 2018 stadium under construction in the Russian city of Volgograd.
Much of the British leftwing media have latched onto Russian activist Alexi Navalny. This is particularly true of the Independent newspaper which is owned by Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev. They are Navalny's main backers because they have a long running business dispute with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In turn Navalny has latched onto a current protest movement in the Russia capital Moscow against plans to tear down crumbling Soviet-era apartment blocks. Grenfell Tower is built in the same horrible Soviet inspired Brutalist style of architecture.
The newly elected Labour MP for Kensington Emma Dent Coad is something of an expert in Totalitarian architecture. She did her doctoral thesis on Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. The guy who fought against the Republican International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.
Both German and Belgium have enquired as to whether anyone on the terrorism watchlist had access to Grenfell Tower prior to the fire. Or whether anyone with access to Grenfell Tower should have been on the terrorism watchlist.
The British police did not investigate a possible link between the UK Labour Party and the massive arson that occurred in their key target set of Croydon Central during the August 2011 riots.
However the British police were not the only law enforcement or intelligence agency which protected delegations at the 2012 London Olympics.
You remember. The one in which Rihanna and Jay Z performed "Run This Town" whilst surrounded by fire during the Closing Ceremony.
London's Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire. Under his pressure Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May has granted that public inquiry.
Public Inquiries are what British politicians use to obstruct criminal investigations.
At this early stage of the Grenfell Tower investigation the question is not whether the authorities have any evidence indicating it was arson but whether they have any evidence conclusively prove it WASN'T arson.
As James Comey's mishandling of the San Bernardino terror attack demonstrates delaying the opening of an investigation makes it very easy for vital evidence to be lost or destroyed.
17:55 on 15/6/17 (UK date)
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