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Las Vegas vs. New York responses
By Jennifer Hansler and Z. Byron Wolf, CNN
Updated 3:56 PM ET, Wed November 1, 2017
... Look .. for some of the distinctions, including his lack of a policy response to Las Vegas as opposed to his immediate call for response after New York. There are also differences in how he refers to the suspects -- a "sick man, a demented man" in Las Vegas; and "animals" in New York. Trump tweeted in relation to the Las Vegas shooting eight times between October 2 and October 11 (all offering support/praising law enforcement/video from his trip).
He tweeted in relation to the NYC attack seven times in about 14 hours ...
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/trump-response-new-york-las-vegas/index.html