Trump Blames Everything But Guns And Himself For El Paso And Dayton Mass Shootings

[Soph0571]

President Donald Trump spoke Monday in response to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend, calling them a “crime against all of humanity.”

The president blamed white supremacy, the internet, video games and mental illness for the massacres. He did not blame guns or himself.

Trump called the attacks “evil” and “barbaric” and denounced the shooters as “wicked.”

“We vow to act with urgent resolve,” he said.

Trump mentioned the alleged El Paso’s shooter’s reported manifesto, which the president said was “consumed by racist hate.” He then called on the nation to condemn racism and white supremacy, while not acknowledging his role in promoting those ideas.

Trump directed social media companies “to develop tools to identify mass shooters before they strike.”

“The perils of the internet and social media cannot be ignored, and will not be ignored,” said Trump, who regularly promotes hate speech on his Twitter feed.

He also blamed the shootings on “a culture that glorifies violence,” and on mental health. “Mental illness and hatred pull the trigger ― not the gun,” he said.

Reading his remarks from a teleprompter, Trump mistakenly named Toledo instead of Dayton as the location of Saturday night’s shooting.

[link:https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-response-mass-shootings-el-paso-dayton_n_5d4834f0e4b0acb57fd01d85|

Of course it has nothing to do with him...nothing...nadda - *rolls eyes*

I don't understand why he is not owning it. All the best nazi's are proud of their mass murdering - he is never going to make it into the global illiberal authoritarian club when he is too much of a fucking coward to own his nasty... heh

[uponit7771]

1. K&R,

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Whatch what he DOES at his next MAGA rally....

He will use his hate-filled rhetoric to BLAME the media for overblowing this.

The PROBLEM is Trump.

[lark]

3. Lies, freaking lies.

He is the person in charge of shutting down the FBI's white nationalist investigations, shut down the entire division to ensure nothing got done. He will not do anything he said at all, just meaningless BS to try to appear human, when he totally is celebrating the deaths of brown people by his chosen killers.

[spanone]

4. Okay internet, purge this evil man from twitter.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Other countries have video games, the Internet, and people with mental illnesses.

Why aren't mass shootings common elsewhere? Just wondering.

[pangaia]

6. "..."The perils of the internet and social media cannot be ignored, and will not be ignored,"

Uh, Oh !!

[Initech]

7. Blame his god damn base.

And his and their increasingly violent rhetoric. They are completely out of control. If they heard it from him, maybe it would help. But that's a big "maybe".

[durablend]

9. Not a chance

That genie is out of the bottle and not going back in.

[In_The_Wind]

8. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

[smirkymonkey]

10. I really can't take any more of him.

[global1]

11. Trump Better Heed His Own Recommendations....

In his comments today Trump directed social media companies “to develop tools to identify mass shooters before they strike.”

Reading Trump's tweets - he could very well be identified and characterized as a future mass shooter. He seems to have the same qualifications. Just saying.

[Javaman]

12. in other news: a disinterested psychopath, who lacks empathy, sends out his thoughts and prayers. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. But I thought he was complaining that social media was too heavy handed

Especially when dealing with conservatives.