- On Sunday, Rihanna slammed President Donald Trump’s response to the recent mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
- The singer posted about shootings that took place in Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in addition to another incident that happened at a garlic festival in California.
- “Um… Donald, you [spelled] ’terrorism’ wrong!” she wrote.
- Rihanna added: “Imagine a world where it’s easier to get an AK-47 than a VISA! Imagine a world where they build a wall to keep terrorists IN AMERICA!!!”
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Rihanna got political online Sunday to slam President Donald Trump’s response to the recent mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
“Um… Donald, you [spelled] ’terrorism’ wrong!” the 31-year-old wrote on Twitter and Instagram.
“Your country had two terrorist attacks back to back hours apart leaving almost 30 innocent people dead,” she continued, referring to the shooting that took place at a Walmart on Saturday and another that occurred outside Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton, Ohio early Sunday morning. Both shootings led to a total of 29 people killed by the gunmen.
Read more:29 dead in 2 mass shootings in Ohio and El Paso in less than 24 hours
Rihanna also called attention to the shooting that happened just days earlier at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. In a press conference, Gilroy Chief of Police Scot Smithee said the weapon used was "AK-47 type assault rifle" purchased legally in Nevada earlier in July.
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"This, just days after yet another terrorist attack in California, where a terrorist was able to LEGALLY purchase an assault rifle (AK-47) in Vegas, then drive hours to a food festival in Cali leaving 6 more people dead including a young infant baby boy!" she wrote.
The Fenty Beauty creator added: "Imagine a world where it's easier to get an AK-47 than a VISA! Imagine a world where they build a wall to keep terrorists IN AMERICA!!!"
Rihanna concluded by sharing her "prayers and deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all the victims."
Her response on social media followed a tweet posted by Trump, in which he wrote: "Today's shooting in El Paso, Texas, was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice. I know that I stand with everyone in this Country to condemn today's hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people...."
"....Melania and I send our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to the great people of Texas," he added.
Rihanna is one of many celebrities who have spoken out.
After he tweeted that more updates would follow after the two shootings, Cardi B called out Trump's "racist supporters."
"We have enough information already! Both of the shooters are white supremacist terrorist with intentions to kill [minorities] .Law enforcement took rapid action but what are YOU going to do to control some of your RACIST SUPPORTERS?" the rapper tweeted.
We have enough information already!Both of the shooters are white supremacist terrorist with intentions to kill minority’s .Law enforcement took rapid action but what are YOU going to do to control some of your RACIST SUPPORTERS? https://t.co/P4iYAJa34L
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 4, 2019
"Avengers" star Chris Evans also commented on a now-deleted tweet from Trump, saying: "We now have mass shootings happening with such frequency that the president can write a two for one tweet. #EnoughIsEnough."
- Read more:
- The El Paso, Texas sheriff called for action on guns in a heartfelt Facebook post after the mass shooting: 'This entire nation should be outraged'
- Witnesses describe a chaotic scene at Dayton Ohio's mass shooting: 'I couldn't get up, I got trampled'
- Trump's chief of staff Mick Mulvaney downplayed guns as the cause of the El Paso shooting, blaming social media instead