Throughout an episode of his present InfoWars on Might 24, far-right commentator Alex Jones advised that it was "opportunistic" that the Robb Elementary Faculty capturing occurred when it did.

At the very least 19 younger kids and two lecturers had been killed following a capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, authorities mentioned. The suspected gunman, recognized as Salvador Ramos, 18, was killed by authorities throughout the incident.

A clip of Jones making feedback relating to the Robb Elementary Faculty capturing throughout Might 24's InfoWars has been shared on-line.

In the course of the broadcast, Jones mentioned he has predicted a mass capturing would occur forward of the upcoming elections.

"I do not need to say this was staged," Jones mentioned throughout his present. "However we have now particularly mentioned, with two years of our main mass shootings, that with all of the pre-programming, that mass shootings are coming, terrorists are going to assault and we have now bought to take the weapons. Then I am like, nicely I might predict plenty of mass shootings proper earlier than elections and like clockwork, it's occurring. To me, it's simply very opportunistic what is going on."

Newsweek has reached out to InfoWars for remark.

Jones has beforehand confronted vital backlash following his feedback on mass shootings.

Within the wake of the Sandy Hook assault, Jones infamously claimed that the capturing was a hoax, no kids died on the college, and the mother and father had been "disaster actors."

Jones later admitted that a capturing did happen, however mentioned the lawsuits in opposition to him must be dismissed for violating his freedom of speech. Jones additionally claims that there's not sufficient proof to show defamation or intentional infliction of emotional misery.

On March 24, Jones failed to seem for a deposition listening to whereas claiming he was too unwell to attend. Nevertheless, Jones nonetheless appeared on his InfoWars present within the days earlier than and after the court-ordered listening to.

In response, plaintiffs Erica Lafferty and William Sherlach submitted a courtroom request for Jones to be held in contempt for failing to seem at his deposition on March 25.

In one other phase from his Might 24 present, Jones dismissed some issues about gun entry in America and mentioned President Joe Biden was politicizing the tragedy.

"If I picked up this desk right here and smashed it over [co-host] Owen [Shroyer]'s head and he picked it up and smashed it over my head or if he's sporting a gun on his aspect and he shot me, it isn't the gun's fault, it's his fault, "Jones mentioned. "Everyone knows that and identical to the white supremacist assault, blaming gun homeowners... statistically they're nonetheless very uncommon out of 350 million Individuals however are nonetheless very heartfelt."

"We shouldn't be political at this second and Joe Biden completely is and it's disgusting," Jones added.

Biden mentioned in a speech on Tuesday night time that it was "time to show this ache into motion," including that "we have now to have the braveness to face up" to the gun manufacturing trade. Biden additionally mirrored on the frequency of mass shootings in America in his speech.

"It has been 3,448 days—10 years since I stood up at a highschool in Connecticut—a grade college in Connecticut, the place one other gunman massacred 26 individuals, together with 20 first-graders, at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty," he mentioned.

"Since then, there have been over 900 incidents of gunfire reported on college grounds. Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Excessive Faculty in Parkland, Florida. Santa Fe Excessive Faculty in Texas. Oxford Excessive Faculty in Michigan. The checklist goes on and on," Biden mentioned. "And the checklist grows when it consists of mass shootings at locations like film theaters, homes of worship, and, as we noticed simply 10 days in the past, at a grocery retailer in Buffalo, New York."

"I'm sick and uninterested in it. We've got to behave. And do not inform me we will not have an effect on this carnage," Biden mentioned.

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Proper-wing commentator Alex Jones questioned the Texas college capturing on the Might 24 episode of his present Infowars, and mentioned it was "very opportunistic." Pictured, Jones arrives at a "Cease the Steal" rally in opposition to the outcomes of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Photographs