India, April 27 -- Steve Scalise, a Republican lawmaker, was praised by Democratic Party representative Jared Moskowitz for helping him during the White House correspondents' dinner shooting. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, Los Angeles, was taken into custody as the alleged shooter.

Even as the incident has caused further tensions between Republicans and Democrats, over Allen's political affiliation, Moskowitz's message came as a bridge between the two political parties as he acknowledged the help he'd received from the Republican Party member.

"Here is @SteveScalise taking me with him. Again, I am thankful to him and to law enforcement. Just 2 people who previously had assassination attempts against them, Steve's more serious. It's ...