Democrats Blame Trump For Global Shootings

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• Multiple shootings occurred over the weekend at Brown University in Rhode Island and at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
• Democratic politicians publicly linked both incidents to President Donald Trump and U.S. gun policies.
• Both events reignited calls from Democrats for stricter firearm legislation.

This weekend brought tragic gun violence to both the United States and Australia, sparking political reaction across networks.

Democrat leaders were quick to connect these separate events to President Trump’s record and American gun rights policies, even as the facts of each case revealed very different circumstances.

Authorities responded quickly at Brown University, apprehending a person of interest within hours after a masked gunman’s deadly attack.

On Bondi Beach, two shooters opened fire on a Hanukkah gathering.

At least fifteen were killed before one suspect was stopped and briefly disarmed by a courageous bystander.

Representative Ilhan Omar stated,

“It is a tragedy that this has become a normal occurrence, not just in the United States…”

“…but now seeing it in Australia, who’s worked really hard to create gun prevention laws to prevent the kind of…”

Omar did not mention that the Australian attack targeted Jews during their religious celebration, or that it occurred despite strict national gun restrictions.

Senator Chris Murphy appeared on cable news insisting,

“Over the last year, President Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country.”

He alleged the Trump administration restored gun rights for felons.

He also said it rolled back a gun violence office and cut funding to anti-violence efforts, blaming these actions for recent violence.

When pressed on his statements, Murphy responded,

“Of course!”

“I mean, he’s knowingly restoring gun rights to dangerous people.”

“He is cutting off grants that have bipartisan support to try to interrupt violence in our cities, or to try to get necessary mental health resources to families and children in need.”

He further claimed,

“When you stop funding mental health, when you stop funding community anti-gun violence programs, when you give gun rights back to dangerous people, you are going to have increase in violence.”

“That is knowable and that is foreseeable.”

Senator Raphael Warnock also criticized lack of gun control laws, claiming,

“Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade, in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken.”

This broad push for new restrictions follows attacks that occurred under very different legal systems.

It raises questions about the effectiveness of additional laws.

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