Democrats running for president in 2020 reacted to the deadly shootings at two mosques in New Zealand by condemning hate, with many candidates explicitly calling out global white supremacy and Islamophobia.
He added, „The rising tide of white supremacy and Islamophobia around the globe must be met with our determination to work against hate.“
Former US Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas, who entered the 2020 Democratic primary on Thursday, tweeted Friday morning, „We don’t back down in the face of Islamophobia and racism at home or abroad. We stand up, stand together and make it clear that terrorism won’t be met with indifference but with action that honors our diversity as the people of the world. Thinking of our friends in New Zealand.“
Some candidates drew parallels to other hate-fueled attacks, including the 2015 mass shooting at a black church in South Carolina by a self-described white supremacist and the 2018 shooting at a synagogue in Pennsylvania by a man who had targeted Jews on social media.
