Former Arkansas Gov
. Mike Huckabee suggested Monday that a"lack of thoughts are prayers" were a root cause of mass shootings in the U.S., after a weekend in which two separate incidents left 31 people dead.
"Despite all those who are denouncing the idea of prayers for the victims ," the post said. "I will continue to pray for the victims and their families and for an end to this mindless violence, and I hope you will, too." "In fact, amid all the finger-pointing and blame-laying and repulsive attempts to turn these tragedies to political advantage before the bodies are even cold, I would posit that the lack of thought and prayers is probably the single biggest factor in what is behind them," Huckabee wrote. Huckabee also called out specific politicians, such as Democratic presidential candidates Beto O'Rourke and Amy Klobuchar, who he said had been guilty of"politicizing the tragedy.
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