President Trump tweeted condolences to the people of New Zealand on Friday, hours after devastating shootings at two mosques in Christchurch.
Vice President Mike Pence said on Twitter,"We condemn this attack on people of faith in the strongest terms."Former President Barack Obama issued his condolences in a tweet as well."All of us must stand against hatred in all its forms."
On Friday, 49 people were murdered in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called “an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence.” One 28-year-old man was charged with murder and is due in court on Saturday. Three other people have also been arrested. that details a white supremacist worldview and includes a sprawling array of anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and white-supremacist references.
"We must continue to fight the perpetuation and normalization of Islamophobia and racism in all its forms. White supremacist terrorists must be condemned by leaders everywhere. Their murderous hatred must be stopped,"Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who is Muslim, tweeted to encourage people to embrace each other.
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