Trump, Senior Republicans Denounce White Supremacy After Mass Shootings

Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., from (L), Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, stand together during the signing of the National Anthem, before the start of the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, on March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

President Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress denounced white supremacy after the mass shootings in Ohio and Texas over the weekend.

Patrick Crusius, 21, who police said killed 20 people in El Paso, Texas, expressed white supremacist views in a manifesto police said they were treating as his. Connor Betts, 24, the alleged Dayton, Ohio, shooter, is also a white male, though he expressed views popularized by leftist extremists on his social media.