Trump Had Time to Tweet About ‘Cryin’ Chuck Schumer’ but No Words After Two Teens Were Shot and Killed
Two 15-year old school children were killed by another 15-year old at a Benton, Kentucky high school Tuesday. 18 others were injured. It was the 11th school shooting in the U.S. this year.
Not that it should matter, but it occurred in the home state of the Majority Leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who offered this tweet:
He also delivered a few remarks on the Senate floor acknowledging the tragedy:
And while McConnell will block any attempt to pass gun legislation, at least he personally acknowledged the shooting took place.
Also personally acknowledging the shooting was the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, who offered condolences via Twitter, and noted he even called Sen. McConnell:
One notable figure who didn’t personally acknowledge the mass shooting was President Donald Trump. Not a comment before the cameras, not even a tweet. His press secretary acknowledged the shooting during a briefing, but there wasn’t even a written statement issued by the White House.
President Trump has often defended his use of Twitter as his means of sending his message directly, unfiltered, to the American people.Â
Message received.
The president did have time on Tuesday after the shooting to tweet about “Cryin’ Chuck Schumer” and “the 50,000 important text messages between FBI lovers Lisa Page and Peter Strzok,” but no words about a mass shooting at a Kentucky high school.
Here’s what some people are saying on social media:
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