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Donald Trump Praises Himself In Parkland Anniversary Message
Today is the anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when 14 students and three faculty members lost their lives in Parkland, Fla.
In the days after the shooting, Donald Trump expressed support for universal background checks and raising the age to buy an assault weapon to 21. He even seemed to entertain a ban on assault weapons.
A year later, on the anniversary of that wrenching tragedy, the White House released a lengthy statement from Trump offering his condolences and listing all the ways his administration had “made tremendous strides” in protecting students from school violence.
Missing from that list is anything to address gun violence, except for his administration’s ban on bump stocks.
The only direct reference to gun violence comes at the end of his statement: “Melania and I join all Americans in praying for the continued healing of those in the Parkland community and all communities where lives have been lost to gun violence.”
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Except hours later, in the image Trump tweeted out about his statement, he changed the reference from “gun violence” to “school violence,” a bizarre and telling tweak.
One year ago today, a horrific act of violence took the lives of 14 students and 3 educators in Parkland, Florida. On this somber anniversary, we honor their memory and recommit to ensuring the safety of all Americans, especially our Nation’s children… https://t.co/MDnSX1BFeW pic.twitter.com/EVAeSwA8oV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2019
And Twitter noticed:
Hi @realDonaldTrump,
It is not called “school violence.”
It is called #GunViolence and your administration along with the @GOP continue to do nothing about it.
— Ryan Knight ???????? (@ProudResister) February 14, 2019
And yet you've done absolutely nothing to prevent something like this from happening again. Your words mean nothing.
— John Winterbauer (@JohnWinterbauer) February 14, 2019
And what exactly have you done to “commit to ensuring the safety” of our children in schools. Wait oh NOTHING!!!
— Brenda Tremblay (@Grammiefromnh) February 14, 2019
Save your PR stunt prayers and get behind some ACTUAL legislation that could’ve helped. Common sense gun reform needs to happen. Probably not until you’re out of office though… the FAR right would leave you again like they did before the first govt shutdown
— JAMES Piscitello (@JimPiscitello) February 14, 2019
…we honor their memory and recommit to NOT DOING A FUCKING THING TO PREVENT THE NEXT MASS MURDER OF CHILDREN HAHAHAHA I LOVE ME SOME NRA RUBLES! https://t.co/CetzLIN7UL
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 14, 2019
how about you get off your ass from "praying" and actually enforce gun laws https://t.co/sevQ6pA12V
— emma | am spoilers (@brotyrusiscanon) February 14, 2019
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