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Trump says correspondents’ dinner gunman ‘hates Christians,’ motive was ‘religious’

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he believed the gunman who attacked the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner hated Christians, suggesting the violence could have been religiously motivated. “The guy is a sick guy when you read his manifesto. He hates Christia

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Trump says correspondents’ dinner gunman ‘hates Christians,’ motive was ‘religious’President Donald Trump on Sunday said he believed the gunman who attacked the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner hated Christians, suggesting the violence could have been religiously motivated. “The guy is a sick guy when you read his manifesto. He hates Christia
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