Politicians from Texas and around the country offered condolences and reactions to the shooting death of five Dallas police officers, with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump decrying “the horrors we are all watching take place in our country.”
Trump reacted to the news early Friday morning, writing on Twitter: “Prayers and condolences to all of the families who are so thoroughly devastated by the horrors we are all watching take place in our country.”
Prayers and condolences to all of the families who are so thoroughly devastated by the horrors we are all watching take place in our country
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 8 июля 2016 г.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak on police shootings later Friday.