Hillary Clinton canceled her first campaign event of the election cycle with Vice President Joe Biden, due to the shootings in Dallas on Thursday night, during which snipers shot 12 officers, leaving five dead.
“Due to the tragic events in Dallas, the July 8 Hillary for America campaign event with Vice President Biden will be postponed,” the Clinton campaign wrote in a statement Friday morning. “Details on rescheduling the event will be provided as soon as possible.”
Clinton and Biden were expected to campaign together in Pennsylvania Friday, marking the first time the vice president, who almost jumped into the Democratic primary himself, would publicly support the former secretary of state’s candidacy.
Before the police shootings in Dallas, the Clinton campaign changed the tenor of the event to focus on criminal justice reform, due to the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in suburban St. Paul, Minnesota.
On Friday morning, Clinton tweeted condolences, saying “I mourn for the officers shot while doing their sacred duty to protect peaceful protesters, for their families & all who serve with them.”
I mourn for the officers shot while doing their sacred duty to protect peaceful protesters, for their families & all who serve with them. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 8, 2016
The Dallas attack was the deadliest day for law enforcement officers since Sept. 11, 2001, when 72 officers died, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
[NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect that the event has been canceled.]
