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Obama: Reject language from leaders that 'normalizes racist sentiments'
Source: Reuters
POLITICS AUGUST 5, 2019 / 3:39 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Obama: Reject language from leaders that 'normalizes racist sentiments'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama responded to the weekend mass shootings in Ohio and Texas on Monday with a plea to Americans to reject the language of hatred, fear and intolerance from any of their leaders.
“We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments,” Obama said in a statement posted on Twitter that did not refer to President Donald Trump by name.
The shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, killed 31 people.
A 21-year-old white man has been charged with capital murder in Saturday’s shooting spree in Texas. Police in El Paso cited a racist, anti-immigrant manifesto posted online shortly before the shooting, which they attributed to the suspect.
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Obama: Reject language from leaders that 'normalizes racist sentiments'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama responded to the weekend mass shootings in Ohio and Texas on Monday with a plea to Americans to reject the language of hatred, fear and intolerance from any of their leaders.
“We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments,” Obama said in a statement posted on Twitter that did not refer to President Donald Trump by name.
The shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, killed 31 people.
A 21-year-old white man has been charged with capital murder in Saturday’s shooting spree in Texas. Police in El Paso cited a racist, anti-immigrant manifesto posted online shortly before the shooting, which they attributed to the suspect.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shootings-obama/obama-reject-language-from-leaders-that-normalizes-racist-sentiments-idUSKCN1UV23D
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