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What Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton Are Saying About The Orlando Shooting

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Saint Anselm College Monday, June 13, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. (Jim Cole/AP)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Saint Anselm College Monday, June 13, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. (Jim Cole/AP)

The presumptive presidential nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties delivered statements Monday in the wake of the deadly Orlando nightclub attack.

Hillary Clinton, speaking in Cleveland, promised to dedicate a special team to finding so-called "lone wolf" terrorists. Donald Trump, meanwhile, called the attack "a strike at the heart and soul of who we are as a nation." He spoke at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talked with NPR political editor Domenico Montanaro about what to make of each candidate's comments.

This segment aired on June 13, 2016.

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