Ahead of his meeting with families of victims caught up in the Santa Fe school shooting, President Donald Trump offhandedly told reporters he was going to “have a little fun today” before boarding Air Force One and flying to Texas.
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“We're going to Dallas, we're going to Houston, and we're going to have a little fun today,” Trump told reporters on the runway before setting off for his meeting with the families.
Newsweek
Did he go talk to any parents at Parkland?The mother of a Texas school shooting victim said that in a recent meeting with families, President Trump repeatedly suggested arming teachers as a way to combat school shootings.
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The meeting was not open to reporters, but Rhonda Hart, whose 14-year-old daughter was killed in the shooting, told the Associated Press about the content of the meeting.
Hart told the AP that the president “kept mentioning” the idea of arming teachers, and that he repeatedly referred to the suspected shooter and the trench coat he wore as “wacky.”
“Maybe if everyone had access to mental health care, we wouldn’t be in the situation,” she said she told the president.
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“It was like talking to a toddler,” she said.
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Pamela Stanich, another parent whose son was killed, praised Trump’s actions and behavior at the meeting in a Facebook post.
“[He] showed sincerity, compassion, and concern on making our schools safer across the nation,” she wrote, according to the AP. “He spent time talking to the survivors and asking on what happened and what would have made a difference. Changes are coming for the good. Thank you Mr. Trump.”
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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