Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) said in a statement Wednesday that a member of his staff, later identified as Zack Barth, was shot Wednesday morning when a gunman took aim at a Republican congressional baseball team practice in Alexandria, Virginia.
“Congressman Williams was not shot, however a member of his staff was shot and is receiving medical attention,” a statement posted to Williams’ Twitter account read in part. Read the full statement below:
Please keep the member of my staff and all members of the congressional baseball team in your thoughts and prayers pic.twitter.com/wH4b6wXQhs
— Rep. Roger Williams (@RepRWilliams) June 14, 2017
Later Wednesday morning, the staffer, Zack Barth, posted on Facebook that he was “okay” and thanked people for their thoughts and prayers. Yahoo News’ Jon Ward posted the note on Twitter:
Zachary Barth, a staffer for GOP Rep. Roger Williams of TX, posted on FB that he was shot but is "okay." Gave permission to post thru friend pic.twitter.com/ruUuNrtqn6
— Jon Ward (@jonward11) June 14, 2017
Williams then identified Barth and asked that his privacy be respected:
I now can confirm that Zack Barth, who is a legislative correspondent in my office, was shot this morning at baseball practice
— Rep. Roger Williams (@RepRWilliams) June 14, 2017
He is receiving medical attention but is doing well and is expected to make a full recovery.
— Rep. Roger Williams (@RepRWilliams) June 14, 2017
We ask that you please respect the privacy of him and his family during this difficult time.
— Rep. Roger Williams (@RepRWilliams) June 14, 2017
This post has been updated.
Read the headline again, TPM. It sounds like the staffer was the one who shot at the Congressional baseball practice.
Steve Scalise of LA was shot, but there are 20 little children and six adults dead in Connecticut and except for the representatives from the state, this congress didn’t say this much about those shootings and murders. President Obama cried as he made remarks about the children, was mocked for that moment, and it’s hard to feel sad or to feel anything about guys who were shot when they actively support the NRA.
TPM–
I realize this is a politics blog and the need to produce clickbait never ends, but SERIOUSLY.
You’ve done 7 or 8 pieces on this.
Enough.
Waaah. This is your america, dude.
Rand says it would have been a massacre if the security detail hadn’t been there. Why? Virginia is a gun soaked open carry state, so that people will be polite and good guys can stop the bad guys. So why didn’t they?
Also, Rand, the rest of America doesn’t have an armed and trained police security detail. Hence the ACTUAL massacres that happen all the time.
You fucking un-self-aware piece of garbage.