Following the shooting which left 50 dead at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, politicians including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Justin Trudeau are condemning the shooting.
At a press conference held Sunday, President Barack Obama said the shooter was “a person filled with hatred.”
“We know enough to say this was an act of terror and an act of hate,” Obama said.
The president also ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff across the country in honour of those killed in the massacre.
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Hillary Clinton issued a statement on the shooting, offering her thoughts and prayers to the victims of the shooting while praising the first responders.
“I join Americans in praying for the victims of the attack in Orlando, their families and the first responders who did everything they could to save lives,” Clinton wrote.
“This was also an act of hate. The gunman attacked an LGBT nightclub during Pride Month. To the LGBT community: please know that you have millions of allies across our country. I am one of them.”
In a statement released on his website, Donald Trump took the opportunity to criticize the president and the presumptive Democratic nominee while linking the shooting to radical Islamic terrorism.
“In his remarks today, President Obama disgracefully refused to even say the words ‘Radical Islam’. For that reason alone, he should step down,” Trump wrote. “If Hillary Clinton, after this attack, still cannot say the two words ‘Radical Islam’ she should get out of this race for the Presidency.”
Political leaders around the world expressed their shock after the attack.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement that he was “shocked and saddened” to learn so many people were killed and injured following the mass shooting.
Trudeau said that it is “appalling that as many as 50 lives may have been lost to this domestic terror attack targeting the LGBTQ2 community.”
French President Francois Hollande released a statement in which he condemned “with horror” the mass killing in Florida and expressed “the full support of France and the French with America’s authorities and its people in this difficult time.”
Queen Elizabeth released a statement of support on Twitter for those affected by the shooting.
“Prince Philip and I have been shocked by the events in Orlando,” she said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been affected.”
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Mayor of London took to social media to express their horror and shock over the shootings.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel both sent out their condolences to the victims and families following the attack.
The President of Afghanistan and The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey also condemned the “horrific” attacks.
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