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How many of these were right wingers and how many of these incidents involved right wingers going after the Capitol or members of Congress? Not to diminish these tragedies but the topic is violence aimed at the Capitol and/or Congress. What does Gabby Giffords have in common with Steve Scalise?The deadliest U.S. mass shooting happened under Trump.
The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history to date happened under Trump’s presidency. In October 2017, 59 people were killed, and over 500 were injured when a lone gunman opened fire at a Las Vegas music festival. Some other notable mass shootings that occurred under Trump’s presidency include:
- November 5, 2017 – 26 people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a rural church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
- February 14, 2018 – 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., were killed by a former student.
- October 17, 2018 – 11 members of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh were killed when a gunman opened fire while they were gathered for a Sabbath service.
- November 7, 2018 – 12 people in a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., were killed in a shooting by a former Marine.
- May 31, 2019 – 12 employees in a Virginia Beach municipal building were killed by a disgruntled public utility employee.
- August 3, 2019 – 22 people at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas, were fatally shot by a man who called the attack “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”
That does not include the mass shooting in Buffalo. Shootings happen on a regular basis now.