--- 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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TIME Raw: 2016 Presidential Candidates Responding to San Bernardino Shooting_ 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 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) ## Transcript Our thoughts, our prayers are with those that have been impacted by the attacks in California last night. We are still gathering details we don't know all the facts yet. But we certainly have learned some facts that are concerning and weigh on our minds in the aftermath of what we are see in the world. And so >> No parent should have to worry about going to a holiday party after work. Or about sending their kids to school, or going to a movie theater, or even going to church. This horrific murder underscores that we are at a time of war. We had another event which probably was, the one yesterday, probably was related. It always happens, but probably was- when I heard about it, I figured, maybe not, but it turns out probably was related. Radical Islamic Terrorism. I am convinced- that was a terrorist attack. And I'll tell you what, we have a president that refuses to use the term. He refuses to say it. There's something going on with him that we don't know about. [ APPLAUSE ] Continues to wring his hands and say we'll see, but those folks. Dressed in tactical gear with semi- automatic weapons. Probably a reaction to world events where you have two people, I don't know what motivated them. And no matter what motivation, these killers, these murderers had. This is not about gun control. If you think the shooting in California is about gun control Then you don't understand what's going on in the world. We can say one thing for certain. They should not have been able to do this. We cannot go on with losing 90 people a day to gun violence. We need to come to grips with the idea That we are in the midst of the next world war. 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