Huckabee: ‘My Heartfelt Prayers’ Go Out To Victims Of Charleston Shooting

Former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee speaks Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, at the Ector County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Dinner in Odessa, Texas. (AP Photo/The Odessa American, Courtney Sacco)
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) tweeted Thursday that his “heartfelt prayers go out to the victims” of a mass shooting that took place at a Charleston, S.C. church.

The 2016 Republican presidential candidate and former Baptist pastor responded to the Wednesday shooting by a white man at the historic black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church that left nine dead.

Huckabee’s tweet is below:

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  1. My, my a goodly chunk of all the political gun loving hate inflamers seem to sense their impending implication…

  2. I have to wonder how Huckabee and Jindal would have framed their comments if this had happened some place where gays were gathered.

  3. My heartfelt prayers go out to the victims of the shooting …

    Um, sir, you don’t have a heart. Did you forget?

  4. Well, he tweeted it, so we know it’s from the heart.

  5. Yes, I know I’m an old fart, but I really resent using Twitter for expressing these kinds of sentiments. And that goes for anyone, of any political persuasion.

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