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$1M-plus raised ahead of Congressional game

More than $1 million has been raised for charity ahead of Thursday night's Congressional Baseball Game in Washington, according to the organization's Facebook page.

The Republican team was holding its last practice before for the game when five people were shot Wednesday morning at a suburban Virginia park, including Rep. Steve Scalise (R- LA), the third highest-ranking republican in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) says he will be at third base Thursday even though the gunman, identified by the FBI as James Hodgkinson, approached him just before he opened fire, asking if the team practicing "was Democrats or Republicans.