Trump Slams White Supremacy, Bigotry

He calls for monitoring of the Internet, mental health reform but backs away on stronger gun control.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday proposed tighter monitoring of the Internet, mental health reform and wider use of the death penalty in response to mass slayings over the weekend that killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio.

The man arrested for killing 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, reportedly had racist motives and Mr. Trump said Americans must “condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy.”

Mr. Trump did not directly address accusations that his own anti-immigrant and racially charged comments have contributed to a rise in race tensions.

“These sinister ideologies must be defeated,” he said in remarks at the White House. “Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul.”