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The Presidential Candidates Are Responding To The San Bernardino Shooting

First responders attend to people outside a Southern California social services center in San Bernardino, where one or more gunmen opened fire, shooting multiple people on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. CREDIT: KNBC VIA AP
First responders attend to people outside a Southern California social services center in San Bernardino, where one or more gunmen opened fire, shooting multiple people on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. CREDIT: KNBC VIA AP

Both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates have responded to the mass shooting Wednesday at a San Bernardino, California center that serves people with developmental disabilities.

Just as they have done in response to many of the previous mass shootings this year, the Democrats called for increased gun control while the Republicans said their “thoughts and prayers” are with the victims and their families.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was the first to respond, followed shortly after by Hillary Clinton.

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Clinton was reportedly speaking about gun control at the time the shooting occurred.

Bernie Sanders recognized that the United States is averaging more than one mass shooting per day in 2015.

The GOP candidates began to tweet shortly after O’Malley and Clinton:

This is the 355th mass shooting so far this year, according to shootingtracker.com’s latest count. On Friday, after three people were killed at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood, none of the Republican candidates decided to immediately respond. It wasn’t until the next morning that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) issued a statement on Twitter, and many have yet to respond at all.

Update:

This post has been updated with more candidates’ responses.