Did the shooter shoot Steve Scalise at the Republican baseball game because of inciteful language?..

[kentuck]

...from Bernie Sanders or other Democrats? He was reportedly a Bernie supporter.

Or did he shoot up the ballgame as a reaction to Republican politics and policies?

Republicans say they do not blame Bernie Sanders for Scalise getting shot and people should not blame Donald Trump for the pipe bombs?

For every action, there is a like reaction?

Democrats have been "reacting" to inflammatory and inciteful language from Donald Trump, mostly as a defense mechanism, in my opinion.

[CrispyQ]

1. Scroll down to perpetrator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Congressional_baseball_shooting

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Does Bernie Sanders routinely single out Steve Scalise as a target of vitrol in his speeches?

I doubt it....not a huge Bernie fan, but that's absolutely false equivalence to argue as much.

[ck4829]

3. I don't get it... Aren't these shooters supposed to always be mentally ill or something?

I guess there has to be some sort of cause when they're shooting at you as opposed to a school or movie theater.

[oberliner]

4. Where are you going with these questions?

Is there a specific point you are making?

[kentuck]

6. I think it is a false equivalency argument by Republicans ...

They are not the same.

[oberliner]

7. Gotcha

I think knowing who sent these will go a long way.

[WeekiWater]

5. James Thomas Hodgkinson actions seem to be twofold.

1) He was angry and mentally unstable.
2) It was absolutely a direct reaction to Trump himself. Hodgkinson himself said so.

Trump foments violence from all corners. Trump brings out the worst in many. Trump antagonizes those already not stable.