SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Wednesday called the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which had happened hours earlier, a “hate crime.”
“Look at what happened,” he said at a news conference in South Carolina. “Again, another hate crime, in San Bernardino today, at least 14 people were killed. Less than a week ago, we had the shooting in Colorado. And look at all the things going on around the world, ISIS and groups like this, just hatred and evil. We need to be able to combat these things, because otherwise we will melt into despair, and that’s not who we are.”
Asked to explain why he said the shooting should be classified as a hate crime, Carson replied, “It’s hard to imagine you would shoot a bunch of people if you didn’t hate them, right? You don’t do that to people you love.”
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