Trump, Pence respond to Texas church shooting

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President Trump responded to the shooting at a Texas church that left dozens dead with a tweeted statement Sunday:

Vice President Mike Pence and Trump's daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, also issued statements on Twitter:

Differing casualty counts have been reported, but at least 20 congregants of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, were killed when an unidentified gunman opened fire in the church Sunday.

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Bonnie Kristian
Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.