A spokesperson for University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, said none of the eight patients currently being treated for injuries from last weekend’s mass shooting agreed to meet with President Trump during his visit Wednesday, according to The Washington Post.
“This is a very sensitive time in their lives. Some of them said they didn’t want to meet with the president, some of them didn’t want any visitors,” UMC spokesman Ryan Mielke told the newspaper, although he added that two already-discharged victims returned to the hospital to meet with Trump.
The White House has touted what it said was a warm reception for the president Wednesday in both El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, the sites of a pair of mass shootings last weekend that left more than 30 dead and dozens injured.
“The love, respect & enthusiasm were there for all to see,” Trump tweeted Wednesday evening. He said “the Fake News worked overtime trying to disparage me and the two trips.”
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that the president and first lady Melania Trump were “received very warmly by not just victims and their families, but by the many members of medical staff who lined the hallways to meet them. It was a moving visit for all involved.”
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None of the patients still in the hospital after El Paso shooting agreed to meet with Trump https://t.co/dpLdNYFbEL pic.twitter.com/CzeOJgahfW
— The Hill (@thehill) August 8, 2019
I don’t blame those patients for not wanting to see Trump. With all they have been through, and are still going through, they dont need to be props for Trump’s re-election campaign
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