Mike Huckabee suggests 'lack of thought and prayers' behind mass shootings
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Monday suggested that a lack of thoughts and prayers is "the single biggest factor" behind mass shootings like the ones that took place in Texas and Ohio last weekend.
"Despite all those who are denouncing the idea of prayers for the victims ... I will continue to pray for the victims and their families and for an end to this mindless violence, and I hope you will, too," Huckabee, who ran for the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 and 2016, wrote in a blog post on his website.
"In fact, amid all the finger-pointing and blame-laying and repulsive attempts to turn these tragedies to political advantage before the bodies are even cold, I would posit that the lack of thought and prayers is probably the single biggest factor in what is behind them," he continued.
He specifically called out former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, for calling the president racist, questioning how "someone who has repeatedly denied being racist can be an 'open, avowed racist.'"
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