In the aftermath of a mass shooting in the United States, Republicans are 25 per cent more likely than Democrats to describe an African American, Hispanic or Middle Eastern shooter as a “terrorist”.
If, on the other hand, the shooter was white, the statistic is inverted. In this scenario, it is Democrats who are 25 per cent more likely than Republicans to use the same descriptor.
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