Thursday, August 8, 2019

A President Consoles Two Grieving Cities

President Trump visited the two cities where last weekend's mass shootings took place - Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas.

The Dayton shooter was certainly no fan of President Trump and was not motivated by any shared beliefs with the president or inspired by the president's rhetoric.

Just before he arrived there, two city officials issued a statement demanding that the president "Personally condemn racial terrorism by white supremacists, in no uncertain terms." Otherwise, the statement claimed, "His continued depiction of immigrants and migrants as a threat to our nation will only place our community at greater risk for racially-motivated attacks." Their irresponsible statement ignores the fact that President Trump has been clear in his condemnation of racial violence and the ideology of white supremacy that can fuel such violence.

Rep. Escobar declined to meet with President Trump, saying "I refuse to be a prop." Instead, she and O'Rourke joined a protest at El Paso's Washington Park opposing President Trump's visit.

On the very day that President Trump sought to console victims of last weekend's two mass shootings and honor first responders, Joe Biden accused the president of being responsible for "Fueling a literal carnage" in America.

President Trump declared the speech "Sooo Boring!" It would also be accurate to say that Barack Obama's vice president maliciously slandered President Trump, forgetting about the carnage from 24 mass shootings that occurred on the Obama-Biden administration's watch, resulting in 236 fatalities.

With all the slings and arrows aimed at President Trump on the day that he sought to console and honor those affected directly by the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings, the president displayed true leadership.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274563/president-consoles-two-grieving-cities-joseph-klein

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