Hypocrites come in all stripes.
If anyone had referred to the Democratic member of congress, Gabby Giffords in such a sub-human way, with a term such as "congresscritter", I would have objected...and all hell would have broken loose on this thread over it. I am objecting here.
We don't have to dehumanize people we disagree with, or make light of shootings. I'm flabbergasted.
Steve Scalise is a representative from the district I grew up in, and while I don't know him personally, he is known on a personal level by some of my family members. I thoroughly object to your off-hand reference to the shooting of him as him and the shooting up of "congresscritters". He's real.
You don't have to like him, or agree with his politics, but please don't treat the shooting of him in such an offhanded manner, as though he's not worthy of being referred to as human just because he's Republian.