Rep. Claudia Tenney: Many mass murderers 'end up being Democrats'

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A New York Republican congresswoman said the people behind many mass shootings turn out to be Democrats.

Rep. Claudia Tenney didn't mince words while speaking with on an Albany-area radio show Wednesday.

“Yeah, well, obviously there is a lot of politics in it, and it’s interesting that so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats, but the media doesn’t talk about that either,” Tenney told talk show host Fred Dicker.

Tenney didn't offer any evidence for her statement.

During the interview, Tenney also noted that she was worried about what would happen to legal gun owners in the wake of the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.

“What scares me most is that a lot of these legal gun owners are going to be targeted now,” Tenney said. “In their demographic, they have the least amount of crimes of virtually any other demographic.”

In a statement Wednesday night, Tenney said she is "fed up with the media and liberals attempting to politicize tragedies and demonize law-abiding gun owners and conservative Americans every time there is a horrible tragedy.

"While we know the perpetrators of these atrocities have a wide variety of political views, my comments are in response to a question about the failure to prosecute illegal gun crime," she said. "I will continue to stand up for law-abiding citizens who are smeared by anti-gun liberal elitists."