The president of the United States, who according to press reports was “outraged and sickened” by the recent killings in Texas and Ohio, recommended that those convicted of hate crimes should face the “death penalty” with “quickly”.
The Head of Government responded from the White House, to a storm of criticism and turbulence that from a political point of view made him responsible for the most recent racist attacks.
Donald Trump urged the nation to condemn as “one voice racism, bigotry and white supremacy”.
“In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy,” Trump said in a statement following the weekend shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, which left 29 dead.
According to the President, the El Paso massacre is an unquestionable hate crime, because the alleged perpetrator published a manifesto against immigrants and Hispanics before the attack.
The president stressed that El Paso shooter, who opened fire indiscriminately in a shopping mall in the border city with Mexico, “posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate”.
During the weekend, Trump was a target of politicians from the Democratic sector and civil organizations fighting for the rights of immigrants. They argue that the President´s rhetoric has nurtured the ground for racial hatred in the nation.
Once again, Trump pointed out that “mental illness and hatred pull the trigger, not the gun,” defending the right to have weapons in the United States.
Federal authorities have already announced that they will consider the shooting in Texas as an act of “domestic terrorism,” while they are still investigating the motivation for the one that occurred in Ohio.
In both cases, the suspects are young white men.
Translated by: José Espinoza
Noticias Newswire
