you asked about what we re learning about the investigation. some preliminary signs this was motivated by hatred, by racism, specifically against immigrants here in a community that s 85% mexican-american, with nearly a quarter of those with whom i lived were born in another country. the kind of place donald trump has warned the rest of america about, talking about invasions and caravans and mexican immigrants being rapists and criminals despite the fact that elposo is one of the safest cities in the united states of america today and has been for the last 20 years. so joy i m saying that there is a connection between this racism and this rhetoric including from the president a what we saw in el paso yesterday. we have to put an end to it. you know, and when you have this alleged screed posted by the person allegedly the gunman here using words like invasion
approach to a societal problem. that s what functioning democracies do. and you see mayor nan whaly who s been doing a phenomenal job turning dayton around. they ve got so many positive things happening down there trying to rebuild that town and that community, getting them ready for the new economy, and then you get something like this. we need a functioning congress, a functioning democracy. we need to quit with the left and right. we need to get into new and better. we need to elevate the conversations. we need to find some common ground so we can get to some higher ground. and that s really what has to happen because, you know, we can talk about all of these gun reform laws that any nation with any lick of common sense would pass, and it gets held up because of the influence of the national rifle association that have mitch mcconnell and others bought and paid for. so until we break that, until people start putting the people until leaders start
and protocols that govern that and compare it to the domestic terrorism world, we have a gap. and that gap needs to be addressed. and what do i mean by that the intelligence community is all over isis sites abdicating violence. on the international scale. and guess what, we don t have it on the domestic terrorism site. so any notions i ve heard some misinformation being put out that, oh, the fbi was in this site. oh, law enforcement s inside the site monitoring this no, they re not. why? because they re not allowed to. and what s the issue? free speech and free speech is critical to our society. but hate speech that in a second turns to violence somehow we ve got to figure out how to within the constraints of our society address that issue because right now we are blind to it unless someone raises their hand and says this person s going to hurt someone. well, and that s very important that you mention that.
we know he legally purchased this rifle believed to be a semiautomatic ak-47 rifle and the man accused is also from the dallas area as they learn more about investigation. in the meantime this scene has remained very much as it was yesterday. in fact, some of the victims we still believe still remain inside there, their bodies staying there until investigators can gather every bit of evidence as they can from this scene. we do accept nticipate and have update from investigators. but you can still feel the shock sinking in this community. and you mention authorities say they were tipped off to the existence of this online screed posted. do you know how long in advance authorities say they were tipped off to it? how long before the shooting did they know about it? at this point in time
country. those who are different tan the majority, every bit as human, every bit as american as anyone else. that s what s been lacking from the president. that s what we need right now from our public leaders. and as somebody who calls el paso home and knows that community very well, what do you say to people, there are people this morning afraid to be outside now, afraid to be in public places, afraid to go to the mall, wal-mart, to the movies. they re just afraid because they know this ideology is out there. they know people who believe they just in their physical body is an invader. what do you say to people who are just scared today? we have absolutely got to overcome this. i m thinking about the people in dayton, i m thinking about the folks in gilroy. i think about the acts of hatred and violence, whether it was at mother manual in south carolina or the tree of life synagogue in