Sunday shows – Mass shootings grab the spotlight

by The Hill staff - 08/04/19 11:34 AM ET

Deadly shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio dominated the political talk shows on Sunday morning.

At least 20 people were killed at a Walmart in El Paso on Saturday and 9 more died in another mass shooting just hours later in a Dayton bar.

Read The Hill’s full coverage of the shows below:

Mulvaney: Not fair to lay shootings ‘at the feet of the president’

By REGINA ZILBERMINTS

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday defended President Trump’s record in the wake of two mass shootings in which dozens of people were killed in less than 24 hours.

“This is a serious problem, no question about it, but these are sick, sick people and the president knows it,” Mulvaney said on ABC’s “This Week.” “But I don’t think it’s fair to lay this at the feet of the president.”

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O’Rourke: Trump’s ‘racist,’ ‘white nationalist’ rhetoric encourages attacks

By REBECCA KLAR

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman, said Sunday that President Trump’s racist rhetoric is in part to blame for the mass shooting in O’Rourke’s hometown of El Paso.

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Castro: Trump ‘made a choice to divide people’ for his ‘political benefit’

By REGINA ZILBERMINTS

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro on Sunday said President Trump created the environment that led to the shooting in El Paso, Texas, that killed 20 people and left two dozen more wounded.

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Booker: Trump ‘particularly responsible’ for rising hate

By REBECCA KLAR

“In my faith, I have this belief that you reap what you sow and he is sowing seeds of hate in this country.”

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Buttigieg: ‘There’s no question white nationalism is condoned at the highest levels of our government’

By ZACK BUDRYK

Presidential candidate and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) said in the wake of a mass shooting that killed 20 people in El Paso, Texas that white nationalism “is condoned at the highest levels.”

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Brown: Our country is better than Trump’s ‘racist, divisive’ words

By REBECCA KLAR

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said in the wake of a mass shooting early Sunday that claimed the lives of nine people in Dayton, Ohio that the U.S. is better than President Trump’s “racist, divisive” language.

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McConnell should bring Senate back into session to pass background checks, Brown says

By ZACK BUDRYK

“We wake up to grief and sadness about these victims and these families but it pretty quickly turns to anger that our government hasn’t done anything,” he said.

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El Paso congresswoman: We have a ‘gun violence epidemic’ as well as a ‘hate epidemic’

By REGINA ZILBERMINTS

Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), whose district includes the El Paso Walmart where 20 people were shot and killed Saturday, said it “was not accidental” that the store – where many Hispanic Americans and Mexicans shop – was targeted.

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Hurd calls on public to flag shooting threats on social media

By ZACK BUDRYK

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), who recently announced his retirement, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the public should report social media threats of mass violence to law enforcement in the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas that killed 20 on Saturday.

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Dayton mayor: Quick police response saved ‘hundreds’ of lives

By REGINA ZILBERMINTS

The mayor of Dayton, Ohio said Sunday that her city could have had “hundreds of lost lives” if police were slower in responding to a mass shooting earlier that morning.

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CNN’s Jake Tapper calls out Republicans who turned down interviews after shootings

By REBECCA KLAR

“State of the Union” host Jake Tapper on Sunday called out a group of Republican lawmakers that he said declined to appear on the CNN show to discuss two deadly mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.

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Cotton: ‘The Democrats have truly lost their mind’

By TAL AXELROD

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said the Democratic presidential primary contenders have “lost their mind” with a slate of progressive policies.

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Buttigieg addresses backlash after police shooting: ‘The badge has a history’

By ZACK BUDRYK

Presidential candidate and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) on Sunday addressed his low support among African Americans and the recent police shooting of an unarmed black man in the city.

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Top aide: China must end ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ to stop trade war

By ZACK BUDRYK

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday identified what he called the “seven deadly sins” that China must stop doing before the ongoing trade war with the U.S. will come to an end.

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