He also addressed the police shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. She is expected to still go to Philadelphia for the African Methodist Episcopal church’s national convention.
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The presumptive presidential nominees for the major parties postponed campaign events on Friday, but did not remain silent on the matter.
Hillary Clinton is deflecting criticism from FBI Director James Comey that she was “careless” in handling classified information in emails, saying she relied on experienced State Department professionals who were careful in their handling of sensitive materials. In an interview this week, he told Bloomberg’s Albert R. Hunt: “We have got to do everything that we can to defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton”.
Corey Stewart deleted that post, but it was captured by The New York Times and said, “Liberal politicians who label police as racists – specifically Hillary Clinton and Virginia Lt. Governor Ralph Northam – are to blame for essentially encouraging the murder of these police officers tonight”. “How can I show that your life matters to me?” He added that racial division in the United States has worsened and that “too many Americans are living in awful poverty and violence”, although he did not share any specific ideas for how to change this. The attack has forced both the candidates to address racial divisions while showing support for United States law enforcement officials.
“The deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota also make clear how much more work we have to do to make every American feel that their safety is protected”, Trump said.
Ahead of her remarks, Clinton called the violence “deeply troubling” and said more needed to be done to bring together police and the communities they protect.
“I’m going to be talking to white people – I think we’re the ones who have to have to start listening to the legitimate cries that are coming from our African-American fellow citizens”, she said.
Republican Donald Trump said the “horrific execution-style shootings” of 12 Dallas law enforcement officer – five fatalities and seven wounded – “is an attack on our country”.
Both Ms Clinton and Mr Trump cancelled their election rallies in Pennsylvania and Florida in the wake of deadly incident.
Gingrich indicated he was speculating when he said, “First of all I have no idea”. Remember what those officers were doing when they died.
Gingrich was one of many former USA officials and global dignitaries attending a giant annual gathering of the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran outside Paris.
As of press time Friday, Trump offered no additional comment about the week of racially motivated violence in America.
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President Barack Obama, overseas in Poland for a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit, said, “anyone involved in the senseless murders will be held fully accountable”.
