Paul Ryan blames massacre on ‘Islamist terrorists’

Published June 12, 2016 10:58pm ET



Speaker of the House Paul Ryan blamed Islamist terrorists for the Orlando mass shootings Sunday, pledging that the nation would not back down from terror attacks.

“As we heal, we need to be clear-eyed about who did this,” the Wisconsin Republican said in a statement issued by his office early Sunday evening. “We are a nation at war with Islamist terrorists.”

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