Rep. Rodney Davis Reacts To Learning Rep. Scalise Is Out Of Surgery

ALTHOUGH TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES, OBVIOUSLY.
I'M HERE WITH CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS OF ILLINOIS.
SIR, YOU W WITNESSED THE TERRIB EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED.
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THIS ALL STARTED?
>> I WAS UP TO BAT. HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WHAT I
THOUGHT WAS A CONSTRUCTION SITE DROPPING A LOUD PIECE OF METAL.
THE NEXT THING I HEARD WAS, "RUN, HE'S GOT A GUN."
I RAN INTO THE DUGOUT, WITH OTHERS WHO MADE IT THERE BEFORE
ME, AND REALIZED IT WASN'T THE BEST PLACE.
DISPERSED OUT FOR MORE SEVERE
-- SECURE AREAS. WITNESSED SOMETHING I NEVER
THOUGHT I'D WITNESS. GOING TO A BASEBALL PRACTICE FOR
A GAME WE DO FOR CHARITY. >> HOW LONG DID IT LAST, WOULD
YOU SAY? HOW LONG DID IT FEEL TO YOU IT
LASTED? >> I DON'T KNOW.
I'LL WAIT FOR THE REPORT TO COME OUT ON HOW LONG IT LASTED AND
HOW LONG THE RESPONSE TOOK. BUT ANYTHING IS TOO LONG.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS AN HOUR, WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING AWAY FROM
GUNFIRE, AND ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS IS THERE, TOO. >> YOU GOT A LITTLE SCRAPED UP
IT LOOKS LIKE. DESCRIBE WHAT THE CAMARADERIE IS
ON THE TEAM. DO YOU KNOW STEVE SCALISE?
WHAT IS HE LIKE AS A PERSON? ARE YOU HANGING OUT TOGETHER?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN AS MEMBERS? >> STEVE SCALISE AND ALL THE
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, WE BOND TOGETHER.
WE ALSO BOND TOGETHER WITH THE DEMOCRATS.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE I DON'T THINK GETS OUT TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
ENOUGH. WE STAND HERE IN THIS HALLWAY.
I HAVE JUST AS MANY FRIENDS ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE OF THE AISLE.
THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE DO IN WASHINGTON IS BIPARTISAN.
BUT THE DISAGREEMENTS OVER MAJOR POLICY ISSUES ARE WHAT MAKE
AMERICA GREAT, BUT IT IS THE POLITICAL HATE AND THE RHETORIC
THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT'S RATCHETED UP AND THAT'S GOT TO STOP.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TALKING TO YOU.
WE HAVE TO STOP THE RHETORIC AND THE HATE.
TODAY HAS TO BE AMERICA'S BREAKING POINT, WHERE
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS COME TOGETHER AND SAY, ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH. WE ARE AMERICANS.
WE GOVERN TOGETHER. WE CHOOSE OUR LEADERS.
WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE, THAT'S WHAT MAKES US GREAT.
WE NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE TODAY AS BOTH REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS. >> I'M JUST LEARNING FROM OUR
CONTROL ROOM THAT WE KNOW NOW THAT STEVE SCALISE, THE MAJORITY
WHIP, IS OUT OF SURGERY. YOUR REACTION, I THINK THAT MAY
SAY IT ALL. >> WHEN YOU SEE YOUR COLLEAGUE
LAYING IN THE OUTFIELD, KNOWING THAT HE'S BEEN SHOT, WHAT YOU
JUST TOLD ME IS PHENOMENAL NEWS. >> TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE CAPITOL POLICE, WHAT YOU SAW, HOW THEY REACTED.
>> TRUE HEROS OF THIS EVENT ARE THE TWO CAPITOL POLICE THAT WERE
PART OF STEVE SCALISE'S DETAILS. IF THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
THERE, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A MASSACRE OF MAJOR PROPORTIONS,
OF INNOCENT PEOPLE AT A PARK WHERE INNOCENT CIVILIANS WALK
THEIR DOGS. WE HAVE KIDS AT PRACTICES.
THESE TWO BRAVE OFFICERS ENGAGED WITH THE SHOOTER.
I KNOW ONE AT LEAST GOT SHOT HERSELF.
THEY'RE THE TRUE HEROS. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT EVERY
MEMBER OF CONGRESS, AND EVERY STAFFERS, THE REASON THEY'RE
STILL ALIVE TODAY. >> I KNOW I CAN HEAR WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING TO ME. THE CONGRESSMAN CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE ME TO ASK HIM ABOUT?
>> JUST THAT HE THINKS IF HE CAN EVER GO BACK TO AN EVENT LIKE
THIS RETURN TO THE TRU TRUE SPI OF THIS.
THIS WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT BASEBALL.
YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN ACT OF PUBLIC VIOLENCE, IT CHIPS
AWAY AT OUR PUBLIC INNOCENCE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> BRIAN IS ASKING, DO YOU THINK THAT AFTER SOMETHING SO TERRIBLE
AS THIS, THAT A GAME THAT REALLY REPRESENTS AMERICA'S PASTTIME,
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE CAMARADERIE THAT EXISTED BEFORE?
>> THE CAMARADERIE EXISTS. THAT'S A MISPERCEPTION.
WE HAVE GREAT CAMARADERIE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS. I URGE YOU TO ASK THE DEMOCRATS
AYE I'VE SERVED WITH, NUMBER ONE, IF
THEY KNOW ME, AND NUMBER TWO, IF WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER.
WE WORK IN A BIPARTISAN AWAY. WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS TRAGEDY WE
SAW TODAY, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH, MUCH WORSE, AND TURN IT
INTO A POSITIVE, TO LET AMERICANS KNOW IF YOU DISAGREE
WITH YOUR LEADERS POLITICALLY, THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ELECTIONS. BUT LET'S NOT RATCHET UP THE
HATEFUL SPEECH. WE SEE STORIES ABOUT POLICIES
ARE GOING TO LEAD TO THE DEATH OF PEOPLE.
THAT'S POLITICAL RHETORIC THAT HAS RUN AMUCK AND HAS TURNED

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