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The U.S President Donald Trump has called the 2 mass shootings in Texas and Ohio as Barbaric. Both incidents left at least 31 killed in less than 24 hours over the weekend. Trump condemned the evil of white supremacy in his first remarks about the shootings in El Paso and Dayton. The authorities said they were investigating an anti-immigrant manifesto tied to the suspect in El Paso. It is noteworthy that the president also said he had spoken with attorney general William Barr, urging the U.S Justice Department to implement the death penalty for hate-crime mass-murders. Trump said from the White House, “Mental illness and hatred pull the trigger, not the gun. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacism”.

Trump called for bipartisan solutions over the shootings. He didn’t mention any new restrictions on guns in this speech. He said he needed legislation providing strong background checks for gun users. Trump said, “We vow to act with urgent resolve”. The weekend shootings left at least 31 dead and more than 50 wounded. The president suggested on Twitter that a background check bill could be paired with his long-sought effort to toughen the nation’s immigration system, but he offered no details.
The Chairman of the U.S House Judiciary Committee, Jerry Nadler said in an interview with MSNBC, “What’s the connection between background checks and immigration reform? That we have to keep guns out of the hands out of the invading hordes”? That’s disgusting. It reminds me of the 1930s in Germany”. It is important that both shooting suspects were U.S citizens. The U.S federal officials are investigating anti-immigrant bias as a potential motive for the El Paso, Texas, massacre. Point to be noted that Trump has frequently sought to tie his immigration priorities, a border wall and transforming the legal immigration system to one that prioritizes merit over familial ties, to legislation around which he perceives momentum to be built.