By any measurement, this is a despicable and cowardly act that speaks for itself and the type of which happens all-too-often in the world these days, unfortunately. Hopefully Rep. Scalise and the other victims will make a full and fast recovery. Instant justice has already been meted out to this prick so there won't be any time or money wasted on a trial for him. Good riddance.
However, I have a bit different take on this than most conservatives would (at least judging by the remarks in this thread). To assess blame to a political party or entity for this is like blaming the Beatles for what Charlie Manson did. This is the same type of charge that my liberal friends were hurling at me when Gabby Giffords got shot (blaming Hannity, Coulter, Limbaugh etc for gun violence against liberals). As much as they were detractors of Obama and the democrats, I never once heard any of them call for armed violence against anyone. The perpetrator may have indeed been a democrat and a Sanders supporter but he was first and foremost a highly disturbed individual and that overshadows anything else he may have been from my perspective. If someone can show me where anyone with any credibility anywhere on either side of the political spectrum is condoning what this asshole did then I will reconsider.
Perhaps the ultimate irony of this terrible episode is that this is the first time we have seen our political leadership united about anything since anyone can recall. President Trump, Minority Leader Pelosi, Speaker Ryan, Sen. Sanders....all speaking the same rhetoric, echoing the same sentiment and displaying the same decent humanity. How sad that it takes a tragedy of this magnitude in order to get that to take place.
