Trump on Baton Rouge shooting: ‘We demand law and order’

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Donald Trump blamed the shooting in Baton Rouge on Sunday that left at least three police officers dead on the “lack of leadership” that has led to a recent wave of violence against law enforcement officials.

“We grieve for the officers killed in Baton Rouge today,” Trump wrote in a statement posted to his campaign’s Facebook page. “How many law enforcement and people have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country? We demand law and order.”

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