El Paso shooter echoes Trump 'invasion' rhetoric, 23 killed

A gunman killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. About 20 minutes before the shooting, a manifesto was posted online saying the massacre was in response to an "invasion" of Hispanics—the same word repeatedly used by Trump to describe migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The manifesto contained language strikingly similar to Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric. Despite pleas from El Paso's elected leadership to stay away, Trump visited on August 7. Days later, Trump suggested "something good" could come from the tragedy if lawmakers could "marry" gun background checks with "desperately needed immigration reform," attempting to leverage the massacre for his policy agenda.

"invasion" — Trump's repeated characterization of immigration at border