By David Wright
(CNN) Donald Trump responded to the deadly police shootings in Dallas, by offering his prayers to the victims and their families and by calling for restored “law and order.”
“We must restore law and order. We must restore the confidence of our people to be safe and secure in their homes and on the street,” Trump said in a statement.
He also cited “senseless, tragic deaths of two motorists in Louisiana and Minnesota,” a reference to two deaths earlier this week of black men at the hands of law enforcement.
The presumptive presidential nominees for both major political parties have postponed campaign events Friday, following the deadliest single day for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001.
Trump canceled campaign stops in Miami and Hillary Clinton postponed her scheduled rally with Vice President Joe Biden in Scranton Pennsylvania, as well as a fundraising event. Clinton is still expected to speak this afternoon in Philadelphia where she is expected to address this week’s shootings in Dallas, Baton Rouge and Minnesota.
Clinton’s speech was scheduled before the shootings.
“I mourn for the officers shot while doing their sacred duty to protect peaceful protesters, for their families & all who serve with them. -H” Clinton tweeted Friday.
Politicians from Texas and around the country offered condolences and reactions to the fatalities, with Trump decrying “the horrors we are all watching take place in our country.”
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