Pence donates blood to support GOP baseball shooting victims

Vice President Pence on Tuesday donated blood to support the victims of the shooting last week at a congressional baseball practice in Virginia.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) was one of five people wounded when a shooter opened fire at congressional Republicans practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.

Scalise is currently recovering from the gunshot wound. He was shot in the hip and suffered significant blood loss, broken bones and damage to internal organs. 

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He is expected to be out for weeks, if not months, given the severity of his injuries. Over the weekend, the hospital said Scalise’s condition had improved to “serious” from “critical” and that he was communication with family members.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is stepping in to temporarily run the House GOP’s vote-counting operation.

Lawmakers played last week in the charity Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Stadium following the shooting a day earlier.