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“He says, ‘That’s OK with me,'” O’Rourke said of Trump’s response to his supporter’s violent remark. “He’s not the source of racism in this country. This country has been racist as long as it’s been a country, but he’s certainly fanning the flames. He’s certainly making violence like this more possible and more real.”

Other Democratic presidential candidates have also denounced Trump in recent days, but none have gone so far as to directly describe the White House occupant as a white supremacist.

Former Vice Joe Biden argued Wednesday that Trump had “fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation.”

“Trump readily, eagerly attacks Islamic terrorism but can barely bring himself to use the words ‘white supremacy,'” Biden said at a campaign stop in Iowa. “And even when he says it, he doesn’t appear to believe it. He seems more concerned about losing their votes than beating back this hateful ideology.”

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., also blamed Trump for inciting violence. During a visit Wednesday to South Carolina’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, where a white supremacist shooter killed nine black worshipers in 2015, Booker said this weekend’s violence was “sowed by those who spoke the same words the El Paso murderer did, warning of an ‘invasion.'”

Trump, for his part, has denied responsibility for emboldening violence by racists in the past, and he publicly condemned white supremacy Monday during a televised address to the nation.

“In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy,” he said. “These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America.  Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul.”

But just two days later, Trump refused to point out the role ideology played in the El Paso massacre, arguing that he is concerned about “the rise of any group of hate.”

He also accused his opponents of “looking for political gain” by linking his comments to the El Paso shooting. He claimed he would like to “stay out of the political fray,” even though he attempted to tie the Dayton shooter to Democrats.

“That was a person that supported, I guess you could say Bernie Sanders, I understood. Antifa, I understood. Elizabeth Warren, I understood. It had nothing to do with President Trump,” he said. “I don’t blame Elizabeth Warren. I don’t blame Bernie Sanders. These are sick people.”

Trump claimed his rhetoric “brings people together,” although he then called illegal immigration a “terrible thing for our country” and claimed he has “toned down” his rhetoric.