'The ultimate amplifier on this kind of hate is the bully pulpit of the White House,' the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said.
At least 20 people were killed and 26 others were wounded after a mass shooter attacked a Walmart in the Texas border city of El Paso on Saturday. Patrick Crusius, 21, has been arrested and identified by authorities as the suspected shooter. A manifesto believed to be connected to Crusius was published online about 19 minutes before the shooting was carried out.
Although Trump condemned the mass shooting via Twitter, many called out the president for his often racist rhetoric disparaging Mexicans and Central American immigrants. In the past, the president has called Mexican immigrants"rapists," and referred to Latin American migrants broadly as"criminals." "He [Trump] is a racist and he stokes racism in this country," Buttigieg's fellow 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke, who previously served as a representative for Texas,."And it does not just offend our sensibilities, it fundamentally changes the character of this country and it leads to violence."
Democratic presidential hopeful and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks to the media during his tour of the Vector 90 headquarters in South Central Los Angeles, California on July 25Many have also called on the government and Americans to take white nationalist terrorism more seriously in the wake of the mass shooting. Republican Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, the grandson of George H.W.
For his part, Trump tweeted on Saturday:"Today's shooting in El Paso, Texas, was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice. I know that I stand with everyone in this Country to condemn today's hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people."
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