A PRESIDENT CONSOLES TWO GRIEVING CITIES

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Front Page Magazine

President Trump visited the two cities where last weekend’s mass shootings took place - Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. He tweeted that he wanted to meet “with First Responders, Law Enforcement, and some of the victims of the terrible shootings.”  Before leaving for his Dayton visit, he declared to reporters his concern about any hate group,  “whether it’s white supremacy or any other kind of supremacy, whether it’s Antifa, whether it’s any group or kind of hate.” The president indicated his support for legislation strengthening background checks for gun purchases and keeping guns out of the hands of mentally ill people.

Not surprisingly, President Trump was met with protests in both cities as well as vicious partisan attacks.

To her credit, the Democrat mayor of Dayton, Nan Whaley, greeted President Trump at the airport. She and Ohio Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown met with the president. However, prior to the president’s visit, Mayor Whaley had said she supported those who intended to protest the president, declaring that he's "made this bed and he's gotta lie in it. His rhetoric has been painful for many in our community and I think the people should stand up and say they’re not happy if they’re not happy that he’s coming.”

The president and First Lady Melania Trump visited a Dayton hospital to meet with patients who were victims of the shooting, as well as with emergency and hospital staffers. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the president told survivors at the hospital, "You had God watching. I want you to know we're with you all the way."