Friends and Patriots,
it is hatred like Hodgkinson displayed yesterday that led to the Jacobin French Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. We know the murder and mayhem that followed those revolutions.
By the way the Jacobin Club was a revolutionary political club during the French Revolution from 1789-99. The Jacobins sounds like the revolutionary groups and terrorists on our streets today in the West, don't they? It is easy for a nation or culture to get swept up in the raging flood waters of hatred and jealousy!
Remember, those who forget history are doomed to repeat the errors of the past.
The
gunman who opened fire this morning on Republican congressmen and staffers
recently declared in a Facebook post that, “It’s Time to Destroy Trump &
Co.”
The accused shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, 66,
posted a link to a Change.org petition in late-March that included the
notation that, “Trump
is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump
& Co.”
Hodgkinson’s Facebook page includes numerous photos of Senator Bernie Sanders, whom
Hodgkinson appears to have strongly supported during the 2016 Democratic
presidential primary. In posts last August, Hodgkinson
wrote, “I want Bernie to Win the White House” and “Bernie is a Progressive, while
Hillary is Republican Lite.”
In a statement, Sanders said that he had been
informed that Hodgkinson "apparently volunteered on my presidential
campaign," adding that, "I am sickened by this despicable
act...Violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and I condemn this
action in the strongest possible terms."
According to Hodgkinson’s Facebook page, he is a
member of numerous left-leaning online groups, including The Road To Hell Is
Paved With Republicans; Rachel Maddow For President 2020; Sanders For President
2020; Terminate The Republican Party; and Donald Trump is not my President.
Hodgkinson, a Belleville, Illinois resident, was
killed when police returned fire.
According
to police reports, Hodgkinson has twice been involved in gun-related matters
involving law enforcement.
On March 24, a Belleville man called police to report hearing 50 gunshots near his
home. Responding officers came across Hodgkinson "in the
pine trees." Hodgkinson--who
was carrying an Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Card--was advised by
cops “not to discharge his weapon in the area” since there were homes nearby.
Hodgkinson, who was not arrested, was carrying a hunting rifle, cops say.
In 2006, during a family dispute, Hodgkinson
allegedly pointed a shotgun at a man who told police that Hodgkinson struck him
in the head with the weapon’s wooden stock. As the victim fled, Hodgkinson
“shot one round,” police reported. However, “It was unknown at the time of this
report if the subject fired the round” at the man “or in the air.” Hodgkinson
was arrested for domestic battery and aggravated discharge of a weapon. His rap
sheet includes other collars for resisting police, drunk driving, and criminal
damage to property.
The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department today
distributed two mug shots of Hodgkinson, one taken after his 2006 arrest and a December 31,
1992 booking photo. Details of the earlier collar were not provided
by police.
Hodgkinson has worked as a home inspector.
According to his firm's Yelp page, Hodgkinson has operated JTH Inspections
since 1994.
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