Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) were the first presidential candidates to weigh in on Friday’s shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood that left three including a police officer dead. Both included the hashtag #StandWithPP in their tweets Friday evening reacting to the attack.
Today and every day, we #StandWithPP. https://t.co/oifqTQLx1X
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 27, 2015
We proudly #StandWithPP of Colorado Springs and the brave law enforcement personnel who fought to protect it.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 28, 2015
It is still unclear whether the suspected gunman, identified as Robert Lewis Dear, had a motive in attacking the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. He was detained by authorities after an hourslong standoff.
The White House released a statement on the shooting Saturday morning, in which President Obama called for something to be done “about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them.”
Update: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who is running for the Republican 2016 nomination, tweeted his reaction Saturday morning.
Praying for the loved ones of those killed, those injured & first responders who bravely got the situation under control in Colorado Springs
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 28, 2015
“…weapons of war…” Excellent.
And still, not a single GOPer has made a statement. Well, about the shooting anyway. Rubio tweeted out an ad to buy more of his campaign chachka, Carson made a statement about keeping refugees in the Middle East, and Trump tweeted out about how great his numbers are a what a loser the NYT’s is.
I think that, more than anything, says everything about this years choices.
It’s always too soon for a Republican to propose a remedy to constant mass shootings. On the bright side of Republican affairs however, it’s a great day to start a war somewhere.
How can they possibly say they can’t determine a motive? He is a white right wing christian crazy motherfucker who thinks he has the right to terrorize clinics and doctors who provide abortion. And why isn;t there 24/7 coverage of this like they did with the Paris attack. How is this any fucking different?
GOTP candidates are very busy keeping scary woman and child refugees from imposing Sharia on their supporters. There’s no jump in the polls from weighing in on domestic white terrorists.
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/10/16/3713318/doj-creates-new-post-to-focus-on-threats-from-rightwing-radicals-and-other-domestic-terrorists/