“Our nation has become too divided”.
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On Facebook, he elaborated, calling the shooting of 12 officers (five fatally) “a coordinated, premeditated assault on the men and women who keep us safe”.
A suspect in the sniper shooting, whose name has not been released, reportedly said that he was upset about the recent fatal police shootings of black men and Black Lives Matter. Their deaths have sparked protests across the country.
Trump, in his statement, also mentioned the deaths of Sterling and Castile, but mischaracterized them both as “two motorists in Louisiana and Minnesota”.
There was a more cooperative tone inside Trump’s meeting with House Republicans, even if skeptical lawmakers didn’t necessarily hear all of what they were hoping for. The percentage of respondents who think the GOP should reconsider having Trump as its nominee ranged from 18 percent when his deficit was at the current level to 24 percent if that deficit were 15 percent. “Clinton was scheduled to appear with Joe Biden on Friday at a rally and a fundraiser”.
The former House Speaker said in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press that he thinks Trump will make his choice Thursday or Friday ahead of the Republican convention.
It’s not the first time Trump has been forced to cancel a Miami appearance.
Trump also canceled a speech at the DoubleTree Hotel Miami Airport & Convention Center.
Clinton called for national guidelines for law enforcement on the use of force, particularly lethal force.
“Hillary Clinton not only has a long record and a clearer strategy, she has a detailed economic vision / because she knows that working families in OH and across the rest of the country are ready to build together”, Sittenfeld said.
“For the families of those police officers who live everyday with the fear that something like this could happen and we will always be proud of their service and sacrifice”, said Clinton.
The two shootings, followed by the Dallas ambush, have once against thrust the issue of police violence against non-whites into the political spotlight in the middle of a contentious presidential election.
The current state of affairs “isn’t the American Dream we all want for our children”, Trump said.
And in Florida, where Marco Rubio is running for re-election in part because of the Orlando mass shooting, the senator picked up an endorsement yesterday from the NRA.
Clinton and Trump react to Dallas shooting Clinton posted this on Twitter, and did not tweet anything else for hours afterward.
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he’ll unify the Republican party, but in the meantime, he’s helping unify a strategy for some Democrats. “Hillary Clinton is a nightmare”, he said.
