'It's always good for a President to try to bring people together,' says Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar about President Trump's mass shooting remarks. 'But he has tried to tear us apart day after day after day.'
But in scripted remarks delivered from the White House, Trump stopped short of acknowledging his own divisive and racist rhetoric. And he failed to endorse any measures that would expand background checks for firearm sales, despite endorsing such laws earlier in the day."The shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online, consumed by racist hate," Trump said in remarks from the White House."In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy.
When Trump spoke about migrants"marching up" to the US-Mexico border, an audience member yelled,"Shoot them!" Trump replied, smiling:"That's only in the Panhandle you can get away with that statement." The President also suggested tying immigration legislation to strengthening background checks on gun owners following a weekend in which the alleged shooter in El Paso, Texas, is believed to have authored a racist, anti-immigrant document targeting Hispanics.
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