Updated 8:13 p.m. | Many mass murders are perpetrated by Democrats, New York Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney said Wednesday in a radio discussion on gun control following the recent mass shooting at a Florida high school.

“Obviously, there’s a lot of politics in it,” the congresswoman told the “Focus on the State Capitol” podcast hosted by Fred Dicker. “And it’s interesting that so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats, but we don’t want to, the media doesn’t talk about that either.”

Tenney and Dicker were discussing last week’s shooting in Parkland, Florida, where 19-year-old gunman Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people. The school shooting has sparked student activism and renewed calls for stricter gun control laws.

“A lot of these legal gun owners are being targeted now,” Tenney said. “And in their demographic, they have the least amount of crimes of virtually any other demographic.”

Cruz legally purchased the AR-15-style rifle he used in last week’s shooting.