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Rep. Steve Scalise s presence at the congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, where a shooting unfolded Wednesday morning may have saved a number of lives, Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday.As a member of House leadership, Scalise, the House majority whip, had members of dignitary protection traveling with him at the practice. That s the only reason why Capitol Police were at the scene when shots were fired, Paul said. Bernie Sanders says Alexandria stanley website shooter was campaign volunteerAlexandria Shooting: What are Virginia s gun laws The only reason they stanley cup were there was because we had a member of leadership on our team, Paul said in an interview on MSNBC s Morning Joe. If Scalise wouldn t have been on the teamhellip;him being there, he probably saved everybody else s life because if you don t stanley water bottle have a member of leadership there, there probably would have been no security there. He added that if they had not been there, It would have been a massacre. Scalise was among at least five people shot and he was transferred to MedStar Washington Hospital Center to undergo surgery. He had been shot in the hip. His office said he was in stable condition and that he was in good spirits before entering surgery. Shooting in Alexandria, Virginia 25 photos Mahs Salahis Accused of Crashing Congressional Black Caucus Dinner
Riding high from his second-place finish in New Hampshire s first-in-the-nation primary on Tuesday, Texas Rep. Ron Paul proclaimed the evening a victory for the cause of liberty - and warned that he is nibbling at the heels of winner Mitt Romney, who now looks a lot like the presumptive nominee. Now, I called Governor Romney a short while ago, before he gave his talk, and congratulated him, because he certainly had a clear-cut victory. But we re nibbling at his heels, Paul told supporters. But, he added, there was another victory tonight. He had a victory, but we hav stanley cup e had a victory for the cause of liberty tonight. After rattling off a list of thank-yous to family members and staffers, the feisty libertarian also found time to throw in a quick jab: There was one other acknowledgement I wanted to make. I wanted to thank the Union Leader for not endorsing me, he quipped stanley water jug , referring to the influential newspaper s endorsement of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who finished at the bottom of the pack.Romney braces for a fight in South CarolinaWhy Romney won in New HampshireJon Huntsman survives, but for how much longer Paul s second-place finish may give him a boost as he brings his antiwar, free-market philosophy to South Carolina ahead of the state s January 21 primary. Regardless, hi stanley cup s passionate base of supporters is likely to stick with him and offer financial support as he attempts to build up delegates over the lo |
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