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Trump on mass shootings: 'Hate has no place in our country' | TheHill

posted onAugust 5, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE on Sunday declared that “hate has no place in our country” after a pair of back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend rocked the nation.  “Hate has no place in our country, and we're going to take care of it,” Trump told reporters at Morristown Airport before departing for the White House after spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort. Trump’s three-minute remarks were the first the first time he spoke publicly about the deadly shootings. He ignored shouted questions about whether the El Paso shooter’s anti-immigrant manifesto shared similarities with his rhetoric and said the shootings are part of “a mental illness problem.” The president said his White House has “done much more than most administrations” when it comes to addressing gun violence but conceded that “perhaps more has to be done.” He said he would deliver a lengthier statement at 10 a.m. Monday. He did not answer further questions about the shooting roughly an hour later upon arriving at the White House. A gunman killed 20 people and wounded dozens more in an attack at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, that is being investigated as a hate crime. Police believe the suspected shooter posted a manifesto attacking immigrants and warning of a “Hispanic invasion” of the U.S. Less than 24 hours later, at least nine people were killed and more than two dozen others were injured in a shooting spree in Dayton, Ohio. The two shootings are not believed to be linked. Trump praised the actions of poli... Link to the full article to read more

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