Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke and Cory Booker have suggested Trump's rhetoric towards immigrants from Central and South America is complicit in fuelling the hate which underpinned the El Paso shooting.
and 27 wounded on Sunday. He was killed by officers within a minute of launching the attack.
Speaking to reporters, Trump described the shooters as “very, very seriously mentally ill.” He added: “This has been going on for years and we have to get it stopped.”:"Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform."
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who was born in El Paso, told CNN that Trump “is an open, avowed racist” and blamed the president for inflaming racial hatred in the U.S. “Let’s be very clear about what is causing this and who the president is,” he said.manifesto they believe was published by the El Paso gunman on extremist-linked forum 8chan, minutes before the violence unfolded.
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