Who's To Blame For Scalise Shooting? Kathy Griffin Is Guilty, Some Twitter Users Say

Conservatives took to social media to point fingers of blame for the shooting Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana and four others, who were shot by lone gunman James T. Hodgkinson Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia.

The blame was shared by artists like comedian Kathy Griffin, Madonna and Snoop Dogg, who have respectively kicked up controversy for their violent images and words about the president.

In May, Griffin released a picture of herself shown holding a disembodied, bloody head replica of President Donald Trump. The picture was criticized on both sides of the political aisle and Griffin was fired from her longtime New Year’s Eve co-host job with CNN on May 31 as a result.

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Rapper Snoop Dogg made a controversial music video in March for his song "Lavender (Nightfall Remix) ft. Kaytranada." In the video, Trump was depicted as a clown named 'Klump' and was mock-executed by the rapper during a fake breaking news alert and press conference.

The pop singer and provocateur Madonna was criticized for a speech at the Woman's March on Washington on Jan. 21 when she said that she thought about "blowing up the White House."

"Yes, I'm angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House," Madonna said. "But I know that this won't change anything. We cannot fall into despair."

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Other conservatives blamed Democrats who, according to some users, have "blood on their hands" and the "NY Elites" who have resisted Trump's agenda.

"Events like today are EXACTLY why we took issue with NY elites glorifying the assassination of our President," wrote conservative pundit Harlan Z. Hill.

Congressman Scalise was near second base practicing baseball with the Republican congressional team when up to 60 shots were fired by Hodgkinson who was armed with a high-powered rifle. Alexandria Police Chief Michael Brown said two of his officers engaged in "gunfire and return fire" in a press conference held after the incident.

Senator Rand Paul gave a dramatic eyewitness account of the tragic event.

"There was a rapid succession of shots, you know five or 10 shots," Paul said on MSNBC Wednesday. "In the field, I see Representative Scalise is shot but moving, and he’s trying to drag himself through the dirt and out into the outfield."

Paul also said that the only reason the shooting didn't become a massacre was because of the quick actions of the Capitol police.

"Had they not been there it would have been a massacre because there's no escaping a guy you know if he's got several hundred bullets and we had no weapons and no place to hide," he continued. "So if he would have advanced on the rest of us there would have been no chance, the only chance we had was that the shots were returned by the Capitol Hill police."