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White supremacy. these sinister ideologies must be defeated. we must recognize that the internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalized, disturbed minds and perform demented acts. mental illness pulls the trigger, not the gun. we must make sure those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms and that if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process. that is why i have called for red flag laws also known as extreme risk protection orders. >> and that's donald trump yesterday. willie, donald trump this morning as i'm sure you know is ret...

When he spoke on camera later he didn't call for new background checks. instead he blamed mental illness for the problem. >> mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. we must make sure that those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms and that if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process. >> well, for facts' sake. on february 28th, 2017, president trump signed a bill specifically rolling back an obama era regulation that made it more difficult for people with mental illness to purchase guns. earlier this year he threaten...

Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. we must make sure that those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms and that if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process. that is why i have called for red flag laws, also known as extreme risk protection orders. >> jim vandehei, so the president of course chirping out the nra's line that it's not guns that kill people, it's mental illnesses that kill people and yet, our rate of mental illness isn't higher than other industrialized countries and yet the number of murders are so ...

Public safety do not have access to firearms, and that if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process. that is why i have called for a red laws. >> kennedy: the president urging mental health reform in response to the deadly shootings in el paso and dayton, pointing to so-called "red flag laws" that focus on blocking potentially dangerous people from getting firearms. this, as 2020 democrats are stepping up calls for gun control in the wake of these incidents. watch. >> mitch mcconnell lisa get off his [bleep] and do something. people are getting killed on the streets in ame...

To firearms, and if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process. i'm also directing the department of justice to propose legislation ensuring that those who commit hate crimes and mass murderers face the death penalt penalty. >> melissa: chief white house correspondent john roberts has more from the north lawn. >> melissa, good afternoon to you. the president, he has previously proposed the adoption of a new red flag law that would allow authorities to identify people who might be prone to violence. senator lindsey graham and senator richard blumenthal today have said that t...