On Wednesday, the FBI published a press release that gives us a more clear picture of the motive behind the actions of the Virginia shooter who opened fire on Republicans last week.
According to the FBI report, on the night before the Baseball practice shooting, James Hodgkinson Googled information about the Republican National Convention, which leads us to believe that he was seeking an easier way to identify the Republicans he wanted to target.
As it was reported last week, Hodgkinson also had a hit list of Republicans in his pocket on the day of the shooting.
More from the Washington Free Beacon:
The Illinois man who attacked the Republican congressional baseball team last week took to Google to find information on the Republican convention the night before the shooting, according to the FBI.
A Wednesday FBI press release confirmed much of what has already been reported. James T. Hodgkinson acted alone when he shot five people, including still-hospitalized Rep. Steve Scalise (R., La.), according to federal law enforcement.
But other tidbits potentially shed more light on his motives. “The Internet searches Hodgkinson performed the night before the shooting included a Google map search from Alexandria to his home in Belleville and a Google search of the ‘2017 Republican Convention,'” the FBI reported.
The FBI also revealed that Hodgkinson had a list in his pocket of the names of six members of Congress, and that he took several photos of the park in the days before the shooting. However, the FBI said it was too early to say whether that evidence is connected to the crime.
Hodgkinson’s social media accounts imply that he had a deep hatred of Republican politicians and was a fervent supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). In addition, Republican congressmen present at the shooting told the media that he approached them beforehand and asked if they were Democrats or Republicans.
This is solid proof that thiS crime was exactly what we expected all along…POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE.
This man was a radicalized left-wing Bernie Sanders supporter who was hell-bent on hurting Republicans. We don’t necessarily blame Bernie for this mans actions (because we wouldn’t blame Trump is one of his supporters did this), but it goes to show that the violent rhetoric of the radical left can have deadly consequences.
Too early to say whether that evidence is connected to the crime??? My God in Heaven, we are lost if this is the FBI today.I guess he really should have written the FBI a personal letter indicating his motives for trying to kill Republicans.
Too bad Joanne can not see the obvious. Must have wool over her eyes and plugs in her ears.
The FBI is so busy looking into the witch hunt that have lost credibility in what they find these days. This man was definitely in a disturbed state pretty much that he didn’t care one way or another that his possible fate would include his own death. Very sad times.
You don’t have to be in law enforcement to figure out this man’s plans. Anyone can connect the dots, even a child.
All of the “Big Brother surveillance” that the local, states, and federal governments can being to bear are not going to stop a “wacko” who is hell-bent on doing any crime, up to and including murdering and injuring people. All an investigation by the FBI is good for, is to determine that others were not involved in any part of the planning and execution of this attack, psychological data for future profiling purposes, and to satisfy the public’s insatiable need for overanalyzing and dissecting all of the nuances of this attack and all other newsworthy occurrences. Let’s all move on to today, quit wallowing in the good or bad that happened yesterday or longer ago, and, hopefully, make a truly diligent effort to make today a GREAT day! I sincerely hope each and everyone of you are blessed – today and every day – with good health, personal safety, success in all of your endeavors, and a boat load of happy moments!
By this fool having a list, I believe he was give the list of names by a Sanders chum or a Obama Democrat. Don’t think he’d have sense enough just to hunt down these exact 6 Reps.
I know we are in a world of hurt because we are so intent on political correctness the FBI doesn’t see danger when it is right in front of them. Absurd!
Not very astute to let evidence of wrong doing leave the government control. Outsmarting and covering tracks of wrongdoing against our country needs to be addressed by wise men and women. Where are you?
Situations like this will continue until the left wing Democrats put an end to their violent rhetoric views and their hate of the Republican party…Or if a Democrat gets shot and and killed….I really don’t think they’d even stop if that happened. I believe it will take something MAJOR to happen to themselves before they even think about changing. And even then….No. Sad.
This man was ‘radicalized’ as surely as any Isis terrorist is. The mainstream liberal media and ”elected” officials in our Government assisted in this ‘radicalization’ as surely as the sun rises and sets. There needs to be some kind of deterrent for this type behavior of “inciting to violence” then disowning their actions.
There are some very CRAZY Democrats & Supporters are there! It is so sad that THE REPUBLICAN Had to die & take the bullets.
We need to draw them a picture now adays
What do you expect from a group of agents who take pictures with a sleeping child. Let’s find the loyal patriots within….there have got to be many.
The FBI can do nothing except say “they cannot definitively say it was a politically targeted shooting”. …..even with guns, laptop computer, past bad acts, eye witnesses, specifically asking if it was Democrats or Republicans on the field…he randomly stopped at that specific ball field…right….
In addition, this man was an approved by our government DHS and was approved but very Abusive foster parent who has domestic violence records on public records. Yet the courts did not protect the children and they were raised in his household. Much, much, much less would have sparked an illegal search and seizure of those same children from their natural parents by the Gestapo for the states DHS agency known as CPS! CPS is Planned Parenthood’s cousin. They hide behind the need for adoptive parents to receive needy children. Just like anything else …. There are always valid cases and true needs. But, this has become a child trafficking $ scheme. Happens every day. But behind the vise of adoptions with CPS … with no true oversight the crack babies go back home to their unsafe environments to be harmed or killed? The good kids from decent families that have minimal issues but instead of getting those families help, they snatch and push quick through a corrupt leaning justice system, as it’s easier to get these poor kids adopted and pocket the money. Taxpayer dollars wasted, children stolen and abused, hearts broken. Lives ruined. The parents who are victims of this system and have been crying out for years and are still crying out for their children ….. could have warned you about this kind of man many years ago. Their kids have and are out there with some if these sneaky nut cases! Is anyone listening now?
Sorry … Meant DHS approved foster parent …