CNN’s Tapper: Had it Not Been for the ‘Heroism’ of Capitol Hill Police, I Might be Reporting a Massacre

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper reacted to a shooting at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, VA, saying, “Had it not been for the presence and heroism of Capitol Hill Police officers, I might now be reporting to you about a massacre.”

Tapper said, “Welcome to ‘The Lead.’ I’m Jake Tapper. You were just listening to the managers of both congressional baseball teams. that’s Congressman Mike Doyle of the Pittsburgh area in Pennsylvania, and Congressman Joe Barton of the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, saying that the game will go on tomorrow evening despite, obviously, the tragedy that occurred at the practice ball field earlier today. Let’s show you some video from just moments ago where we see FBI forensic teams on the scene in Alexandria, VA, where a congressman and four others were shot this morning.”

“Had it not been for the presence and heroism of Capitol Hill Police officers, I might now be reporting to you about a massacre,” he continued. “That’s at least according to Senator Rand Paul, one of the several witnesses to the shooting of the five individuals, including his colleague, Republican Congressman Steve Scalise of Indiana. Scalise, we’re told, is in critical condition right now after surgery, according to the hospital.”

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