Posted on 08/05/2019 8:39:34 AM PDT by Kaslin
Speaking from the White House Monday morning with Vice President Mike Pence by his side, President Donald Trump addressed the nation and responded to two mass shootings that took place over the weekend. Dozens of people were killed and severely wounded in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas.
"These barbaric slaughters are an assault upon our communities, an attack on our nation and a crime against all humanity. We are outraged by this monstrous evil, the cruelty, the malice, bloodshed and the terror. Our hearts are shattered for every family whose parents, children, husbands and wives were ripped from their arms and their lives. America weeps for the fallen. We are a loving nation and our children are entitled to grow up in a just, peaceful and loving society," Trump said, calling law enforcement who responded to the shootings American heroes. "Together we lock arms to shoulder the grief. We ask God in heaven to ease the anguish of those who suffer and we vow to act with urgent resolve."
"In one voice our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy," he continued. "These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America."
President Trump called for action to solve mass shootings and urged Congress to put partisanship aside to come up with solutions.
"Now is the time to set destructive partisanship aside," Trump said. "Our future is in our control. America will always rise to the challenge....it is not up to mentally ill monsters, it is up to us."
"Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun...I am open and ready to listen and discuss all ideas that will actually work and make a very big difference," he continued.
President Trump gave a detailed outline of what the White House is doing in the meantime to solve this problem.
"The internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts. We must shine light on the dark recesses of the internet and stop mass murders before they start," he said, directing Attorney General Bill Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray to fully investigate.
President Trump also urged social media companies to develop tools to detect mass shooters and advocated for a death penalty against mass shooters that is delivered "quickly and decisively."
President Trump also sent his condolences to the Mexican government after a number of citizens were killed in El Paso.
The flags at the White House have been lowered to half-staff and will remain there until Thursday in honor of the victims.
You can watch the President's full remarks below.
One of the lamestream news reporters who was giving a play by play during the event stated that some of those sent to hospitals couldn’t be identified because they had no documentation on them. I know when I go out ANYWHERE, especially to shop, I ALWAYS carry some form of ID. Guess they do things differently in the Old Country. Maybe those folks WERE here on vacay.
When they kill 20 people then I am sure it will be discussed.
Maybe there wouldn't have been so many going to the hospital if they had this sort of ID:
Can’t believe we’re even talking about this because most mass shooters are SUICIDAL ANYWAY.
Now there’s a position of his that I can get on board with.
There’s video footage of this guy.
ID’ing him is a no brainer.
No doubt at all that he did it.
Not for nothing....All these shooters have one thing in common....emotional problems....and people around him know it.
These murders are a state crime and I believe both Ohio and Texas have the death penalty on the books. Im sure that Texas is more than capable of executing the murderer from El Paso.
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Yep, Texas is more capable of imposing and ACTUALLY CARRYING OUT the death penalty than the federal government is, IMHO.
So, oppose the death penalty now, Demagogic Party losers and shills, such as the ACLU. Thanks Kaslin.
See Zangara 1933. From shooting to execution 5 weeks.
Now that’s what I’m talking about.....swift justice
See Lincoln assassination conspirators.............
I would prefer Americans vs. illegals
END LEFTIST SUPREMACY NOW!!
The Dayton shooter was a socialist and Warren supporter. Hello media?
TRUE.- Left to our own devices, a Texas jury will hear the case, bring back a GUILTY verdict, will sentence the MASS MURDERER to death & (hopefully) before too long he will be DEAD. - We Texicans neither need nor want any federal “assistance” in dealing with the mass murderer.
Btw, had the “OH, so ‘wunnerful, wunnerful’ FBI” told our Rangers that they KNEW that the MURDERING SWINE was “likely dangerous” to Texas residents, our DPS intelligence division & our Rangers might have stopped him before he committed “the horror story at Wal-Mart”.
Fwiw, every day that passes, I have less & less trust in the federal government’s ability to do anything well and/or efficiently.
Yours, TMN78247
The FIB knew? I believe this entirely.
Remember there were 3 violations of PTrump’s airspace in NJ and McConnell had an accident, too.
Pelosi’s “so what” “too bad” comment comes back to me.
Yes, using EBT and WIC
Why he single me out?
White Supremacy ruin Chicago, LA, Detroit, Baltimore?
The PoS in custody now will have his oxygen license revoked around 2021-2022, the way things work in this state.
No hanging out on death row for a couple of decades of appeals, like Kali or Floriduh... We even did away with the “last meal” thing a few years ago, as the requested meals were getting outrageous.
What is “mass”?
Is 3 people on a sidewalk in Chicago “mass”?
The Catholic Church is going to come out against Pres Trump on this issue.
Many, many Catholics are Cafeteria-style in their beliefs.
It will be interesting on how they come down on this issue: Pro-life for serial killers or justice on behalf of the victims.
And many, many of those Catholics will remain Democrat voters who cannot figure out why the country is the way it is.....
UGH.
One definitely was not a white supremacist and the other, well just because you dislike a group (in his case Mexicans) doesn’t make you a white supremacist.
They are just sick monsters that need to die if the police don’t kill them and end up arresting them.
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