A regular Sabbath service was underway at the Pittsburgh synagogue at the time of the attack.
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@FLOTUS about#TreeofLife:https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1056214298635239426 …Show this thread -
#Pennsylvania@GovernorTomWolf reported on the scene at#TreeofLife.Show this thread -
From the CEO of
@ADL_National: https://twitter.com/JGreenblattADL/status/1056214649107034114 …#TreeOfLifeSynagogueShow this thread -
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@POTUS says he'll speak to the media shortly (possibly at Joint Base Andrews):https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1056220576098992129 …Show this thread -
Suspect named by Pittsburgh TV station:https://twitter.com/KDKA/status/1056219496703295490 …
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"We'll be making a major statement" at
@NationalFFA conference today, says@POTUS. "It's a terrible, terrible thing going on with hate in our country...something has to be done."Show this thread -
"This has little to do it," replies
@POTUS when asked about stronger gun laws. "If they had protection inside the results would have been far better"Show this thread -
"To see this happening again and again and again is really a shame," adds
@POTUS. "The world is a violent world."Show this thread -
"When people do this they should get the death penalty,"
@POTUS tells reporters at Joint Base Andrews. "They should very much bring the death penalty into vogue."Show this thread -
"This is a case where if they had an armed guard inside the Temple they would have been able to stop him and maybe nobody would have been killed," according to
@POTUS."Certainly the results might have been far better."Show this thread -
"It's certainly an option" to now put armed guards inside every synagogue in the country, says
@POTUS. "They didn't have any protection. They had a maniac walk in."Show this thread -
"It's so sad to see" this sort of thing happen "when you're president of the United States," says
@POTUS just before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews.Show this thread -
Suspected
#TreeOfLifeSynagogue gunman Robert Bowers, prior to the attack, posted "I am going in" on his now-deleted Gab account, where he also had written 'jews are the children of satan. (john 8:44) — —- the lord jesus christ is come in the flesh.” https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/robert-bowers/ …pic.twitter.com/WZfj6bVZfT
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"This was an attack not just on the Jewish community, but on America as a whole," says
@WorldJewishCong.pic.twitter.com/u63dGATe2K
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"We will stand together like a rock against hatred and against those who try to harm Jews all over the world," says
#Israel ambassador to#UN,@dannydanon.Show this thread -
The
@HolocaustMuseum "reminds all Americans of the dangers of unchecked hatred and antisemitism which must be confronted wherever they appear and calls on all Americans to actively work to promote social solidarity and respect the dignity of all individuals."pic.twitter.com/3mBAdsNcSB
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Statement on
#TreeofLifeSynagogue shooting from#Israel Prime Minister@netanyahu (who graduated from high school in#Pennsylvania):https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1056233740853264384 …
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Speaking to reporters on Air Force One,
@POTUS says he’s considering cancelling his#MAGA rally in#Illinois later today because of the#TreeOfLifeSynagogue shooting, but notes that many people are lining up to attend.Show this thread -
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"To have such an unspeakable anti-Semitic hate crime visited on a place of sanctuary and prayer magnifies the pain of this awful day," says
@NancyPelosi in statement.#TreeOfLifeSynagogueShow this thread -
"...thoughts and prayers are not enough – Congress must finally act on commonsense, bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation," adds
@NancyPelosi.Show this thread -
Statement from
@HIASrefugees (which the#TreeofLifeSynagogue shooting suspect mentioned in a social media post):https://twitter.com/HIASrefugees/status/1056247568282177536 …Show this thread -
“A lot of people killed, a lot of people very badly wounded,"
@POTUS says to reporters in Indiana. "They say as a crime scene it’s one of the worst that some professionals that have seen many many crime scenes, they say it’s one of the worst.”Show this thread -
All Commonwealth flags throughout
#Pennsylvania to be lowered to half-staff immediately, orders@GovernorTomWolf.#TreeOfLifeSynagogueShow this thread -
Reaction from a former
@WhiteHouse aide to@POTUS comment today on arming houses of worship: https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1056227317251563522 …#TreeOfLifeSynagogueShow this thread -
Police now at
#TreeofLifeSynagogue shooting suspect's residence.https://twitter.com/IannottiRalph/status/1056258554112413698 …
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At least 10 dead in
#TreeOfLifeSynagogue shooting, according to@AP sources.Show this thread -
Here's our latest
@VOANews report on the#TreeOfLifeSynagogue attack:https://www.voanews.com/a/pittsburgh-shooting/4631672.html …Show this thread -
Statement on
#TreeOfLifeSynagogue shooting from@SpeakerRyan.pic.twitter.com/whuts34pWb
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Updated
@ADL_National statement:https://twitter.com/JGreenblattADL/status/1056269937667391488 …Show this thread - 5 more replies
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