Political Quotes

“Thank you, Brad, for giving us this opportunity to reflect on the events of June 14, 2017. Regardless of what we do the rest of our lives, that day will bind us together, those who were there that day. The interesting thing is, the day before, I saw the man who attacked us. He was sitting in the bleachers behind the backstop looking, in my opinion, very distressed. I thought about going over and talking with him, but we were trying to get to practice and get practice started, so I didn't see him again until later. As Congressman Duncan related, I was actually over at second base with Scalise when Duncan and Ron DeSantis left. Trent Kelly was already over at third base, so I moved over to shortstop. Our practices are a lot of banter back and forth at each other. It is a lot of fun, a lot of ragging each other. All that was going on, and then I heard a sharp crack. I immediately recognized it as a gunshot. I yelled at Trent Kelly that it was a gunshot, and Trent said: ``I know.'' The bullet had whizzed by him. By the providence of God and by an act of God, that bullet had struck a link in the chain link fence. The shooter, after he had asked Duncan if we were Republicans or Democrats, walked over to his van. He had been living in his van for about 3 months and parked in the parking lot of the YMCA across the street from the field. They were doing some construction. There were some little containers there that blocked our view of anyone approaching from that side.…”