Trump turns day of grieving for shooting victims into day of grievances
WASHINGTON — It was intended to be a day for President Donald Trump to pay his respects to the victims of two deadly mass shootings, thank first responders and serve as consoler-in-chief.
But before he even left the White House for El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Trump spent Wednesday using his bully pulpit to settle political scores and lash out against slights.
From his private residence Tuesday night, Trump mocked and attempted to belittle Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, an El Paso native, for saying that the president's "racism" was responsible for the recent mass shooting.
After telling reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday morning that he was trying to stay out of the political fray, he sought to link the Dayton shooter to Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., because of a tweet the shooter had posted that mentioned the candidates, though it was unclear whether he supported them.
And while flying on Air Force One between meetings with victims in Dayton and El Paso, he accused Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, of misrepresenting his visit with victims at a Dayton hospital. “Their news conference after I left for El Paso was a fraud,” he tweeted. “It bore no resemblance to what took place with those incredible people that I was so lucky to meet and spend time with.”
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He can't help being a boorish asshole.
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