--- title: San Bernardino Shooting: 2016 Presidential Candidates React description: Many of the candidates tweeted their sympathy to those affected canonical: https://time.com/4133572/2016-candidates-san-bernardino/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-02T21:25:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T22:43:43.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: 2016 Presidential Candidates React to San Bernardino Shooting og:description: Many of the candidates tweeted their response to the shooting og:url: https://time.com/4133572/2016-candidates-san-bernardino/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bec8cfdd391d446/698873938e06019fb8463955/san-bernardino1.jpg?branch=production&width=599&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 599 og:image:height: 337 og:image:alt: Up to 20 victims in mass shooting in San Bernardino og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2016 Presidential Candidates React to San Bernardino Shooting twitter:description: Many of the candidates tweeted their response to the shooting twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bec8cfdd391d446/698873938e06019fb8463955/san-bernardino1.jpg?branch=production&width=599&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 2016 Presidential Candidates React to San Bernardino Shooting > Sponsored content. 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Doug Saunders—LANG/EPA by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:43 PM UTCPublished: Dec 2, 2015 9:25 PM UTC The 2016 campaign trail came to a halt Wednesday in the wake of a [shooting](http://time.com/4133250/shooter-san-bernardino-california/?xid=homepage) in San Bernardino, California. Multiple people have been shot at the Inland Regional Center, which provides services for people with disabilities, according to police, and authorities said there could be between one and three “heavily armed” suspects. President Barack Obama is said to have been briefed on the incident according to officials. Many of the presidential hopefuls took to Twitter to respond to the incident. **Martin O’Malley (D)** > [](https://twitter.com/MartinOMalley/status/672137288055398401) **Hillary Clinton (D)** > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/672149874046083072) **Mike Huckabee (R)** > [](https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/672151859491016704) **Donald Trump (R)** > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/672152791717158917) **Jeb Bush (R)** > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/672153025243426816) **Dr. Ben Carson (R)** > [](https://twitter.com/RealBenCarson/status/672154558152491008) **Governor John Kasich (R)** > [](https://twitter.com/JohnKasich/status/672157973804941312) **Senator Lindsey Graham (R)** > [](https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/672158412554289152) **Senator Ted Cruz (R)** > [](https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/672160155992100864) **Senator Bernie Sanders (D)** > [](https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/672167529184366593) **Senator Rand Paul (R)** > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/672176019122458624) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4133572/2016-candidates-san-bernardino/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4133572/2016-candidates-san-bernardino/"},"headline":"2016 Presidential Candidates React to San Bernardino Shooting","datePublished":"2015-12-02T21:25:26.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T22:43:43.000Z","description":"Many of the candidates tweeted their response to the shooting","url":"https://time.com/4133572/2016-candidates-san-bernardino/","keywords":["California","Hillary Clinton","mike huckabee","jeb bush","2016 elections","Donald Trump","Martin O'malley"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bec8cfdd391d446/698873938e06019fb8463955/san-bernardino1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bec8cfdd391d446/698873938e06019fb8463955/san-bernardino1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Up to 20 victims in mass shooting in San Bernardino","caption":"Up to 20 victims in mass shooting in San Bernardino","creditText":"Doug Saunders—LANG/EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4133572/2016-candidates-san-bernardino/","name":"2016 Presidential Candidates React to San Bernardino Shooting"}}]}] ```