Shooting Victim Steve Scalise Returns To Congress

>>REPRESENTATIVE STEVE SCALISE HAS RETURNED BACK TO CAPITOL
HILL, AND HE IS LUCKILY RECOVERING FROM THE SHOOTING
THAT DID THREATEN HIS LIFE. HE HAS OPENED UP ABOUT SOME OF THE
INJURIES HE SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF A SHOOTER WHO SHOWED
UP DURING A BASEBALL PRACTICE AND OPENED FIRE. THE SHOOTER HAS
DIED, SOMEONE OPENED FIRE AGAINST HIM AT THE SCENE, HE WAS
KILLED IMMEDIATELY. STEVE SCALISE OBVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN SEE
IN THAT VIDEO IS STILL SUFFERING FROM THE INJURIES, BUT LUCKILY
HE IS NOT ONLY SURVIVING, HE SEEMS TO BE THRIVING BASED ON
THE WAY HE HAS SPOKEN TO THE PRESS ABOUT THESE INCIDENTS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST VIDEO WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT
GOD AND HIS ROLE IN SAVING HIM.
>>WHEN I WAS LAYING OUT ON THAT BALLFIELD, THE FIRST THING I DID
WAS I WAS DOWN AND I COULDN'T MOVE ANYMORE AS I STARTED TO
PRAY. AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT GAVE ME AN UNBELIEVABLE SENSE OF CALM
KNOWING THAT AT THAT POINT IT WAS IN GOD'S HANDS. BUT I PRAYED
FOR VERY SPECIFIC THINGS, AND I WILL TELL YOU, PRETTY MUCH
EVERYONE OF THOSE PRAYERS WAS ANSWERED, AND THERE WERE SOME
PRETTY CHALLENGING PRAYERS I WAS PUTTING IN GOD'S HANDS. BUT HE
REALLY DELIVERED FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, AND IT JUST GIVES YOU
THAT RENEWED FAITH IN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE POWER OF
PRAYER IS SOMETHING YOU JUST CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE.
>>I AM DEFINITELY A LIVING EXAMPLE THAT MIRACLES REALLY DO
HAPPEN. THE FIRST PLACE I WANT TO GO, TO THINK TRUE ANGELS
ALONG THE WAY STARTS WITH THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE.
>>OKAY. YOU GUYS, TAKE IT AWAY.
>>IT'S A I GUESS INSPIRING STORY THAT HE MADE IT BACK BECAUSE I
MEAN IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WANT
TO HAPPEN. HE WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN, WAIST AREA, A LOT OF
ORGANS, ALL OF THAT HAD TO BE PIECED BACK TOGETHER. THE ONE
THING YOU ALWAYS HOPE THERE IS SOMETHING AGAIN I WENT TO ME FOR
STARTED THE STORY WITH TOM PRICE AND HIS APOLOGY FOR HIS
EXPENSES, I WISH PEOPLE WOULD LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT. IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS VICIOUSNESS OF HE'S HURT AND ALL
THE STUFF THAT I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE DIRECTED TOWARD SCALISE'S
WAY, I JUST WISH HE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S NOT THE
FIRST PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SHOT AND WHEN HE WAS LYING ON THAT
BALLFIELD AND HE ALMOST DIED AND HE WAS PRAYING TO GOD, THERE
WERE PEOPLE LYING ON THE GROUND PRAYING THAT THEY SURVIVED AND
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE POLICE NEXT TO THEM
TO DEFEND THEM AND TAKE OUT A MADMAN SHOOTER.
>>AND THE BEST HEALTHCARE IN THE COUNTRY.
>>THEY DIDN'T HAVE GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE.
>>SO SUDDENLY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE OF WHO
HE IS. YOUR FAMILY WOULD HAVE MISSED YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF
FAMILY MEMBERS THAT MISS THEIR DECEASED BECAUSE OF SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN. AND NOT THAT IT WOULD
BE 100% DONE, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO IN A
POSITION OF POWER TO NOT MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO BE KILLED
BY RANDOM AND VIOLENT GUNFIRE IN A COUNTRY THAT'S DIVIDED TO THE
DEGREE WE ARE NOW. AND THIS GUY TARGETED SPECIFICALLY REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMEN BECAUSE THEY WERE AT THAT PRACTICE, HE KNEW WHO THEY
WERE AND WHERE THEY WOULD BE. SO IT WAS BASED ON PARTISANSHIP AND
A DIVIDE IN GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT GET
TARGETED AND THEY ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS YOU ARE, TRUST ME,
THEY HAVE THE SAME ORGANS YOU'VE GOT, AND THERE'S DESERVE TO
STILL STAY TOGETHER THE WAY YOURS DID.
I WISH THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.
>>I WILL TAKE IT A LITTLE FURTHER, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT
THIS HUMAN ASPECT, BECAUSE WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT
RESPONSIBILITY. IF WE GO THROUGH THIS FIGHT OVER MEDICARE FOR ALL
OR IF WE GOT FOR BINGO THROUGH ANOTHER REPEAL AND REPLACE
OBAMACARE AGAIN, I URGE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE AND WHO HAVE LOST MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES OR WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR HEALTHCARE BECAUSE OF
SHOOTINGS, I URGE YOU TO GO TO REPRESENTATIVE SCALISE'S OFFICE
AND MAKE THAT CASE IN A VERY VOCAL WAY, AND USING TECHNOLOGY,
MAKING SURE THAT MESSAGE GET OUT THERE. BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE HORROR WHAT HAPPENED TO
HIM AND I HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS TO ANYONE ELSE IN OFFICE AGAIN,
BUT YOU ARE STILL AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND NOW YOU HAVE A
PERSONAL STORY, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE POLICE THAT WERE THERE
WITH WEAPONS, I KNOW THAT STORY TURNS, GOOD THING THERE WAS A
GOOD GUY THERE WITH WEAPONS, THIS IS ABOUT TWO THINGS, GUNS
AND PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT BE HOLDING GUNS AND PURCHASING
GUNS, AND HEALTHCARE.
>>I AGREE TO SOME EXTENT ON EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE SAID.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THE GUN DEBATE, AND THAT IS PROBABLY THE
MOST DIFFICULT THING TO MOVE AMERICANS ON BECAUSE WE ARE
INCREDIBLY DIVIDED WHEN IT COMES TO THAT ISSUE. AND I'VE BEEN
CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'M NOT A PROPONENT OF BANNING GUNS,
I THINK THAT RESPONSIBLE AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO
GUNS. I DO THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH A LOBBYING GROUP LIKE
THE NRA GETTING ITS FUNDING FROM WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS WHO WANT
TO TURN A PROFIT, THEY WANT TO PROFIT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO
THEY WANT TO PUT AS MANY GUNS IN THE HANDS OF AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE. THAT'S ONE ISSUE, I THINK SCALISE SHOULD AT LEAST
HAVE SOME EMPATHY FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GUN DEBATE, BUT HE
SHOULD ALSO HAVE EMPATHY IN REGARD TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T
HAVE HEALTHCARE, WHO WOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF QUALITY
TREATMENT HE RECEIVED AND THAT ALLOWED HIM TO SURVIVE. SO
THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT COMES UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE WORD I
BRING UP WHEN IT COMES TO A WIDE VARIETY OF STORIES WE COVER,
JUST THIS LACK OF EMPATHY. YOU SEE IT AMONG POLITICIANS, AMONG
AMERICANS, AND YOU WOULD THINK AND YOU WOULD HOPE THAT IF
SOMEONE GOES THROUGH SOMETHING AS INCREDIBLY TRAGIC AS WHAT
SCALISE HAS GONE THROUGH, THEY WOULD LEARN FROM IT, HE WOULD
LEARN FROM IT, AND REALIZE OH MY GOD, HAD I NOT HAD THIS
GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE, AGAIN ITS GOVERNMENT TAXPAYER-FUNDED
HEALTH CARE THAT THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS GET TO TAKE A VINTAGE
OF, HAD HE NOT HAD THAT, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE ENDED UP
HAPPENING? AND THE FINAL THING IS, RHETORIC. BECAUSE I THINK
RHETORIC MATTERS, WE ARE DIVIDED, AND THE TYPE OF
RHETORIC WE SEE AMONG ELECTED OFFICIALS NOW IS UNPRECEDENTED.
THE FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD DOWN, WE HAVE DONALD TRUMP
SAYING ALL SORTS OF INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL THINGS DURING
HIS CAMPAIGN.
>>THREATENING THINGS.
>>DURING HIS CAMPAIGN HE PROMOTED VIOLENCE, TALKING ABOUT
PUNCHING PEOPLE IN THE FACE, REPORTERS -- AND BY THE WAY,
VIOLENT RHETORIC ON BOTH SIDES. IT NEEDS TO STOP, 100%. DON'T
INCITE PEOPLE TO VIOLENCE, DON'T NEEDLESSLY OVERLY DEMONIZE
PEOPLE TO THE POINT WHERE SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE MENTALLY
UNSTABLE MIGHT TAKE ACTION AGAINST SOMEONE YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT. WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK, COOL OUR TEMPERS FOR A
SECOND, THINK HOW WE CAN ENGAGE IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN A
CIVIL WAY, AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE CAN LEARN FROM
THIS. I'M GLAD HE'S MAKING A RECOVERY, WE'LL SEE IF IT'S BEEN
A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR HIM.
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