President Trump condemned “racist hate” in an address following a bloody weekend of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas.
A shooter at an El Paso Walmart killed 20 and injured 26 on Saturday. Another shooter killed nine and injured 27 on a crowded street in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday morning.
Police killed the Dayton shooter at the scene. A 21-year old-man has been arrested in connection with the El Paso shooting. The Texas shooter reportedly authored a white supremacist manifesto with racist language directed toward Hispanic people before carrying out the attack.
“The shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America,” Trump said. “Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul.”
Many pundits and politicians across the political spectrum called on the president to condemn white supremacy following the El Paso attack.
