BREAKING: A man with a baseball bat walked into the Fairfax office of Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, asked for him, and then assaulted two members of his staff, according to the congressman.
FAIRFAX, Va. — U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly says a man with a baseball bat walked into his office in Fairfax, Virginia, asked for him — and then assaulted two members of his staff. It was the latest attack amid a sharp uptick in violence directed at lawmakers and their families.
“The thought that someone would take advantage of my staff’s accessibility to commit an act of violence is unconscionable and devastating,” the Democrat said. Connolly represents Virginia’s Fairfax County-based 11th District in the Washington suburbs. He’s currently serving his eighth term in Congress. He told CNN that his office sustained damage, including broken windows.U.S. Sen. Mark Warner retweeted Connolly’s statement, calling the attack an “extraordinarily disturbing development.”
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