The Los Angeles Times editorial board acknowledged President Donald Trumps condemnation of racism, bigotry and white supremacy following the weekends mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

But the president should start with himself, the newspapers board wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday, in which it blamed Trumps divisive statements for creating a culture in which extremism can thrive.

The board noted the difficulty of tackling the rise of white nationalist movements and violence without curbing the constitutional right to free speech.

We must fight their hate-based ideologies, remembering that this is not a white nation or a white culture, said the board, which last month described Trump as the nations bigot-in-chief following his racist attacks on four progressive Democratic congresswomen of color.

We have from the beginning been an experiment in the mingling of races and ethnicities, of religious creeds and political visions, the board concluded the piece. That is where our future also must lie in the protective and tolerant embrace of our differences, not in the violent expression of fear and prejudice.

Read the full editorial here.