{"id":145450,"date":"2021-11-22T20:07:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=145450"},"modified":"2021-11-22T20:07:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:07:14","slug":"waukesha-congressman-responds-to-christmas-parade-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/waukesha-congressman-responds-to-christmas-parade-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Waukesha congressman responds to Christmas parade tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/19fd397c-fcc3-45c2-897a-c21f3c16fa9a\/0343b086-61d8-4aa5-9670-1740396ca848\/1280x720\/match\/931\/524\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\"><\/p>\n<h4>WATCH: Wisconsin congressman responds to Christmas parade tragedy<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>A Wisconsin congressman told Fox News the impact felt from the Waukesha Christmas parade tragedy reaches beyond city limits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not just the city of Waukesha, but there were so many people participating in the parade that aren&#8217;t from the city, necessarily,&#8221; Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., whose district includes Waukesha, said. &#8220;It&#8217;s becoming not just a city of Waukesha story, but a statewide story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there are going to be people that are victims from across the state,&#8221; Fitzgerald told Fox News. It&#8217;s going to take a while for the communities to grasp what happened and work through the horror, he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/AP21326102717443-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\"><\/p>\n<p>\n      Police tape cordons off a street in Waukesha after an SUV plowed into a Christmas parade and \u00a0hit multiple people on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span>((AP Photo\/Jeffrey Phelps))<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The congressman added that he&#8217;s very familiar with the six hospitals that took in victims last night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They all did a phenomenal job of moving very quickly in a kind of emergency position,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/AP21326159249569.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\"><\/p>\n<p>\n      Holiday decorations frame a police officer as he walks in downtown Waukesha after a vehicle plowed into a Christmas parade injuring multiple people on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span>((AP Photo\/Jeffrey Phelps))<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald also said he spoke to an officer Monday morning in Waukesha who told him that a &#8220;triage had to happen in a very different way than it typically does with multiple health care facilities being involved.&#8221; Fitzgerald told Fox News that emergency professionals, law enforcement and firefighters have done a wonderful job.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/darrell-brooks-optimized.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\"><\/p>\n<p>\n      Darrell Brooks, person of interest in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade crash.<br \/>\n      <span>(Wisconsin Department of justice)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Waukesha, Wisconsin, Police Chief Daniel Thompson said a person of interest is currently in custody but stressed that the investigation is &#8220;very active.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wisconsin-congressman-responds-to-christmas-parade-tragedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH: Wisconsin congressman responds to Christmas parade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":145449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23055],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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