President Obama issued a statement today regarding the twin mass shootings that occurred over the weekend.
After sharing condolences from his family for the victims of the attacks, Obama wrote, "No other nation on Earth comes close to experiencing the frequency of mass shootings that we see in the United State. No other developed nation tolerates the levels of gun violence that we do."
He also called out those who say "tougher gun laws won't stop all murders" because "the evidence shows that they can stop some killings."
The former president also wrote of the accused El Paso shooter: "Troubled individuals who embrace racist ideologies and themselves obligated to act violently to preserve white supremacy."
"We should soundly reject language coming of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racists sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don't look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people," said Obama in closing.
You can read the full statement below.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 5, 2019
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