Posted on 08/11/2019 12:13:52 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
The uncle of an infant who lost both parents in the Saturday mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, that killed more than 20 people defended a photo the president took with the child while giving a thumbs up, The Washington Post reported.
Trump traveled to El Paso on Wednesday to meet with first responders, hospital workers and victims of the shootings.
Tito Anchondo, whose brother and sister-in-law were killed in the attack, chose to take his orphaned nephew to meet the president and first lady. The 2-month-old boy suffered two broken fingers, but he survived the shooting after his parents shielded him.
Anchondo told The Washington Post he wanted to take the boy to meet the president and tell him about his family.
“He was just there as a human being, consoling us and giving his condolences,” Anchondo said of Trump.
Anchondo said Trump “wasn’t there to be pushing any kind of political agenda,” calling the meeting “a private conversation between human beings.”
First lady Melania Trump tweeted photos Thursday of her and the president’s trip to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso after the shootings over the weekend in both cities.
In one picture, the first lady is holding the baby while Trump stands next to her showing a thumbs up. They are joined by Anchondo and his sister, Deborah Ontiveros.
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Whew! I thought he might have prayed with the family too. That would demanded the guillotine.
You can say that again. The uncle can weave a beautiful bittersweet story to tell the child one day.
Liberals who complain about these pics are godless disgusting cretins, and that’s a fact. Hope they trip and get run over, because they deserve pain for being obnoxious.
I find myself wondering if they are sick or evil.
I don’t know, maybe it’s a mix of both. If they were sick, I might feel sorry for them, but if they were evil, I do not feel sorry for them at all.
It’s mind boggling how misguided people can become.
anyone who criticized it is beneath contempt.
Just saying ‘’The Left’’ is vile enough.
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