Illinois congressman saw Virginia shooting: ‘This could be the first political rhetorical terrorist act’

WASHINGTON — Rep. Rodney Davis was just yards from the gunman who opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in Virginia on Wednesday morning, an attack he blames on the “hatefulness” in American politics today. “This could be the first political rhetorical terrorist act,” Davis, R-Ill., told CNN as he stood in the Capitol, still wearing…