TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019
Trump demands the death
penalty for all mass-murder
hate-crimes after shootings
The president, speaking at the White House yesterday, condemned the ‘glorification of violence’ (Reuters)
ANDREW BUNCOMBE AND CHRIS RIOTTA
IN EL PASO, TEXAS
Donald Trump has called the two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio “barbaric”, after at least 31 were killed
in less than 24 hours over the weekend.
In his first remarks about the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, the president condemned the evil of white
supremacy as authorities said they were investigating an anti-immigrant manifesto tied to the suspect in El