Virginia congressman Gerry Connolly condemns ‘devastating and unconscionable’ assault on two staffers
In April, the US Capitol police chief, Tom Manger, testified in Congress about the heightened threat.
The congressman added: “I have no reason to believe that his motivation was political … but it is possible that the sort of toxic political environment we all live in, you know, set him off, and I would just hope all of us would take a little more time to be careful about what we say and how we say it.”
Pham’s father, Hy Pham, told the Washington Post his son was schizophrenic and had dealt with mental illness since his late teens. Hy Pham told the newspaper he had been unsuccessfully trying to arrange mental health care for his son.
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