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<h2>Looks like our president is at it again, saying insensitive nonsense! </h2><p>One of the job requirements of the President of the United States is that he must be able to behave like a mature adult in the wake of a national tragedy, or in this case, national tragedies. Every president before him has been able to conjure up condolences and support for families impacted by tragedy, while offering words of encouragement, hope and a possible solution for the future. And, to Trump&#39;s credit, he really did almost get there this time. </p><p>This week has been a tough one for our country as a 21-year-old man in El Paso, Texas opened fire in a Walmart and killed 20 people while injuring many more. Then, less than 24 hours later, 9 people were killed in the Entertainment District of Dayton, Ohio when a 24-year-old man killed 8 people and injured more. Instead of finding the common theme of both of these incidents which were young white men who shouldn&#39;t have guns, Trump said this:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain. Likewise for those so seriously wounded. We can never forget them, and those many who came before them. Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying....</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1158330512341164032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Ok, sounds good, Mr. President! Honestly, off to a great start, here! You&#39;re talking about getting background checks for purchasing and carrying guns, which sounds like you&#39;re on a path to gun reform...</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">....this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1158330513951735809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Nope. And now you&#39;ve failed. Perhaps he was scared that suggesting gun reform would lose his fan base so he had to throw in a reminder that his main platform is immigration reform? What sort of legislation would be able to &quot;marry&quot; gun reform and immigration reform? It seems like they&#39;re pretty separate issues. Also, both of these shooters were white, American citizens. WHAT IS HAPPENING?</p><p>Of course, the internet had a lot to say....</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can you really be this stupid? This is the best you and your Nazi boy Stephen Miller can come up with? Are you looking for a way to have even your sycophant R Senators turn on you and vote to impeach?</p>&mdash; Mr. Ed (@EdHuslik) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdHuslik/status/1158374942691323909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The shooters haven’t been immigrants, you idiot. You are a racist and you have inspired other racists.</p>&mdash; Liz Haebe (@theliz25) <a href="https://twitter.com/theliz25/status/1158376132770582528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto Echoes Trump’s Language <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhiteSupremacistInChief?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhiteSupremacistInChief</a> <a href="https://t.co/0rraYzMJ1o">https://t.co/0rraYzMJ1o</a></p>&mdash; Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1158332373379047424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Imagine the shrill tone of this tweet had the terrorists been foreign Muslims instead of domestic Trump supporters.</p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1158332520506769409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/nelsonwendella/status/1158330778742398976?s=20</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and get away with it what he really meant was he could radicalize and mobilize white supremacist terrorists to do it for him and he will get away with it<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhiteSupremacistInChief?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhiteSupremacistInChief</a></p>&mdash; BlackWomenAreKryptoniteToGOP (@battletested5) <a href="https://twitter.com/battletested5/status/1158371201959550977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/AReelCarter/status/1158380678880333824?s=20</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THE SHOOTER IN EL PASO WAS TARGETING HISPANIC PEOPLE, YOU FRICKING LYING IMBECILE!<br><br>Talk about politicizing a tragedy! RESIGN ALREADY!</p>&mdash; AJ Hines (@ajhinesdesigns) <a href="https://twitter.com/ajhinesdesigns/status/1158382395424247808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did you seriously just propose to give the El Paso shooter what he wanted?<br><br>This is like if George W. Bush said we needed to respond to 9/11 with Middle East policy reform to please Osama bin Laden. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhiteSupremacistInChief?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhiteSupremacistInChief</a></p>&mdash; JRehling (@JRehling) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/1158376942740967425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You’re fucking shitting me. You really being up your own shitty agenda? You’re a weak and pathetic excuse of a man.</p>&mdash; Cat (@Jungle_CAAT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jungle_CAAT/status/1158382240029536257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">El Paso shooter was motivated by President Trump&#39;s anti-immigration rhetoric and he wants to force Democrats to pass an anti-immigration bill in his honor?!?</p>&mdash; David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavMicRot/status/1158333109785571328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/adamarimeraz/status/1158382845351616512?s=20</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fuck fuck fuck you. This has nothing to do with undocumented immigrants. This is your rhetoric at rallies, no gun control, and your tweets.<br><br>So fuck you. And in case you didn’t hear me, fuck you.</p>&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1158331515220180992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/NcAGI9Ta3R">pic.twitter.com/NcAGI9Ta3R</a></p>&mdash; 🦦Marie-Caroline🦥 🏴‍☠️ (@NoWay7790) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoWay7790/status/1158330828625207297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/me3cAjCVpp">pic.twitter.com/me3cAjCVpp</a></p>&mdash; Momma Silver (@SilverMom822) <a href="https://twitter.com/SilverMom822/status/1158340154471395328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/EGP04IlRCH">pic.twitter.com/EGP04IlRCH</a></p>&mdash; Hold on... A change is coming! (@steelcitydiva75) <a href="https://twitter.com/steelcitydiva75/status/1158331285489819648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>I guess now all we can do it wait to see what sort of wedding gun reform and immigration have? Let&#39;s hope it&#39;s a good one! </p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Trump responds to mass shootings by suggesting background checks 'perhaps' be tied to immigration reform.

Looks like our president is at it again, saying insensitive nonsense! One of the job requirements of the President of the United States is that he must be able to behave like a mature adult in the wake of a national tragedy, or in this case, national tragedies. Every president before him has been able to conjure up condolences and support for families impacted by tragedy, while offering words of encouragement, hope and a possible solution for the future. And, to Trump&#39;s credit, he really did almost get there this time. This week has been a tough one for our country as a 21-year-old man in El Paso, Texas opened fire in a Walmart and killed 20 people while injuring many more. Then, less than 24 hours later, 9 people were killed in the Entertainment District of Dayton, Ohio when a 24-year-old man killed 8 people and injured more. Instead of finding the common theme of both of these incidents which were young white men who shouldn&#39;t have guns, Trump said this:We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain. Likewise for those so seriously wounded. We can never forget them, and those many who came before them. Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying....&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2019 Ok, sounds good, Mr. President! Honestly, off to a great start, here! You&#39;re talking about getting background checks for purchasing and carrying guns, which sounds like you&#39;re on a path to gun reform.......this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2019 Nope. And now you&#39;ve failed. Perhaps he was scared that suggesting gun reform would lose his fan base so he had to throw in a reminder that his main platform is immigration reform? What sort of legislation would be able to &quot;marry&quot; gun reform and immigration reform? It seems like they&#39;re pretty separate issues. Also, both of these shooters were white, American citizens. WHAT IS HAPPENING?Of course, the internet had a lot to say....Can you really be this stupid? This is the best you and your Nazi boy Stephen Miller can come up with? Are you looking for a way to have even your sycophant R Senators turn on you and vote to impeach?&mdash; Mr. Ed (@EdHuslik) August 5, 2019 The shooters haven’t been immigrants, you idiot. You are a racist and you have inspired other racists.&mdash; Liz Haebe (@theliz25) August 5, 2019 El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto Echoes Trump’s Language #WhiteSupremacistInChief https://t.co/0rraYzMJ1o&mdash; Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) August 5, 2019 Imagine the shrill tone of this tweet had the terrorists been foreign Muslims instead of domestic Trump supporters.&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) August 5, 2019 https://twitter.com/nelsonwendella/status/1158330778742398976?s=20When trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and get away with it what he really meant was he could radicalize and mobilize white supremacist terrorists to do it for him and he will get away with it#WhiteSupremacistInChief&mdash; BlackWomenAreKryptoniteToGOP (@battletested5) August 5, 2019 https://twitter.com/AReelCarter/status/1158380678880333824?s=20THE SHOOTER IN EL PASO WAS TARGETING HISPANIC PEOPLE, YOU FRICKING LYING IMBECILE!Talk about politicizing a tragedy! RESIGN ALREADY!&mdash; AJ Hines (@ajhinesdesigns) August 5, 2019 Did you seriously just propose to give the El Paso shooter what he wanted?This is like if George W. Bush said we needed to respond to 9/11 with Middle East policy reform to please Osama bin Laden. #WhiteSupremacistInChief&mdash; JRehling (@JRehling) August 5, 2019 You’re fucking shitting me. You really being up your own shitty agenda? You’re a weak and pathetic excuse of a man.&mdash; Cat (@Jungle_CAAT) August 5, 2019 El Paso shooter was motivated by President Trump&#39;s anti-immigration rhetoric and he wants to force Democrats to pass an anti-immigration bill in his honor?!?&mdash; David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) August 5, 2019 https://twitter.com/adamarimeraz/status/1158382845351616512?s=20Fuck fuck fuck you. This has nothing to do with undocumented immigrants. This is your rhetoric at rallies, no gun control, and your tweets.So fuck you. And in case you didn’t hear me, fuck you.&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) August 5, 2019  pic.twitter.com/NcAGI9Ta3R&mdash; 🦦Marie-Caroline🦥 🏴‍☠️ (@NoWay7790) August 5, 2019  pic.twitter.com/me3cAjCVpp&mdash; Momma Silver (@SilverMom822) August 5, 2019  pic.twitter.com/EGP04IlRCH&mdash; Hold on... A change is coming! (@steelcitydiva75) August 5, 2019 I guess now all we can do it wait to see what sort of wedding gun reform and immigration have? Let&#39;s hope it&#39;s a good one! 

Looks like our president is at it again, saying insensitive nonsense!   One of the job requirements of the President of the United States is that he must be able to behave like a mature adult in the wake of a national tragedy, or in this...