Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) took to Twitter on Thursday to react to the mass killing at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C.
Nine people were killed when a white gunman, identified by authorities as Dylann Roof, opened fire Wednesday at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Perry’s tweet is below:
.@AnitaPerryTX joins me in praying today for Charleston and all who have been affected by this unspeakable tragedy.
— Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) June 18, 2015