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Pence In Las Vegas: 'We Are United In Our Resolve To End Such Evil'

The vice president addressed Las Vegans who had taken part in a unity prayer walk. "We do mourn with those who mourn, and grieve with those who grieve," he said.
Some of the 58 white crosses for the victims of Sunday night's mass shooting last Sunday, on the Las Vegas Strip south of the Mandalay Bay hotel on Friday. "Their names and their stories will forever be etched into the hearts of the American people," Vice President Pence said while visiting the city on Saturday. / ROBYN BECK / Getty Images

Six days after the shooting along the Strip, Vice President Mike Pence visited Las Vegas, and told residents that America is united with their city in grief.

"We do mourn with those who mourn and grieve with those who grieve, but we do not grieve like those who have no hope," he said. "Because heroes give us hope."

President Trump on Wednesday, when, in its somber tone, religious language, message of unity — and in eschewing discussion of guns or gun control.

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