WATCH LIVE: Trump to speak on mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio

[left-of-center2012]

Source: NPR

President Trump will deliver remarks this morning from the White House in response to the deadly shootings over the weekend in El Paso and Dayton that killed 29 people.

In what might be a preview of his speech, Trump, in a series of tweets called on Congress to pass gun control legislation, saying the victims shouldn't die in vain.

"Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying...this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform," Trump tweeted.

"We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!" Trump concluded.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/05/748190808/trump-calls-for-strong-background-checks-following-el-paso-and-dayton-shootings

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[Corgigal]

1. Ok,

but he's lying.

[George II]

2. One happened Saturday morning, the other at 1 AM Sunday morning....

....now he's getting around to it.

Obama was AT the scenes of shootings two days after they happened.

[Bayard]

3. Not interested

In watching any more of his bullshit. The sound of his lying, droning voice makes me nauseous.

Marrying this legislation? Does anyone think he wrote that?

[turbinetree]

4. The asshole thinks lower flags will sove the fucking problem, and then to top it all off

he will go into his narcissistic rants of how everyone is picking on him and he his the greatest...............he went fucking golfing and then smoozed with some family that had a wedding at Bedminister, enabling his crime, by havinga wedding there, so he can pocket the money.
What really a bunch of BS is that he had people working there for years that were undocumented........................

[justhanginon]

5. I was watching the coverage until the Racist in Chief came out

and then switched in order to possibly save my television. Can't really afford to replace it. My hatred of this man and his bootlicker VP is something I have never really expeienced in my life. I'm too old to chance a heart attack.

[oswaldactedalone]

12. Indeed

I hate the The Failed Mail-order Meat Salesman more than I hate distended hemoroids.

[FarPoint]

6. Must be medicated and read from teleprompter

He can not say any of this because he is not being honest.....has no sense of concern...

[left-of-center2012]

7. Toledo ?

Did I hear Trump say "God bless those in Toledo"?

[Paladin]

9. Yeah, he said "Toledo." Evil fucking moron. (nt)

[lark]

8. total fucking liar.

He is only saying this because he knows Moscow Mitch would never let anything like this pass. He's a total sycophantic liar.

[George II]

10. Waste of time. And he didn't realize it was Dayton, not Toledo.

[yaesu]

11. I am not a crook speech? nt

[left-of-center2012]

13. Trump also said ...

"Law enforcement will have all the reeeses they need ..."

Assuming he meant 'resources' ?

[Firestorm49]

14. Thanks, but I'll choose to read about it later.

I can’t stand looking at the child King any more than I can stand listening to him."

[marble falls]

20. I know. 48 minutes and I'll need to shot. I'll watch the lowlights of his comments on TRMS.

[smb]

15. Pathetic

He sounds like a hostage reading the kidnapper's demands.

[IronLionZion]

16. How to tie background checks with immigration reform?

OK, one of the background checks can be if the person isn't legally authorized to be in this country they can't buy a gun. Next!

Then, how about if the person buying a gun is spewing racism then they clearly haven't assimilated and can't buy a gun until full assimilation into American society. This would impact a lot of white supremacists and RW extremists.

[jmowreader]

17. The only thing I want to hear from this bastard...

...is that he’s atoning for his part in these shootings by leading a mass resignation of every Republican in Washington, and that he’s liquidating all of his and Jared Kushner’s real estate holdings to make reparations to the victims.

I will accept as a meager substitute his signature on a bill with every Republican as a co-sponsor that bans ownership of military-style weapons regardless of “furniture” (in other words, write the damn law to eliminate loopholes).

[DeminPennswoods]

18. Didn't watch, but sounded like the usual "scripted" Trump

Just reading words, no emotion, no empathy, just saying the words as they scoll by. A few people might be fooled into thinking he's serious, but only until the next rally where attendees "come for the show" and Trump is more than happy to oblige.

[SWBTATTReg]

19. I'll never listen to this orange piece of garbage, nor will I ever listen to any of his fellow ...

repug senators since they all have been brought out by the guns lobby, and all other lobbies that crave money such as the Koch brothers etc.

[rockfordfile]

21. I see he didn't take responsibility

Yeah I though he might man-up and take responsibility. ;

[Bengus81]

22. Uhhh...NO THANKS