Senator Wiener’s Statement on the Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre

San Francisco— Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) issued the following statement upon the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh:  

“As a Jew and as an American, my heart is broken about this hate crime massacre. I pray for the victims, their families, and this community that will never be the same. Anti-Semitism is alive and well, and the current political environment only empowers people to act on their worst, most hateful impulses. The right-wing domestic terrorism we are experiencing - fueled by unlimited access to assault weapons and by our President’s disgusting rhetoric and the thugs he inspires - must end. We need to cleanse the body politic.”