President Trump on Sunday declared that “hate has no place in our country” after a pair of back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend rocked the nation.
“Hate has no place in our country, and we’re going to take care of it,” Trump told reporters at Morristown Airport before departing for the White House after spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort.
Trump’s three-minute remarks were the first the first time he spoke publicly about the deadly shootings. He ignored shouted questions about whether the El Paso shooter’s anti-immigrant manifesto shared similarities with his rhetoric and said the shootings are part of “a mental illness problem.”
The president said his White House has “done much more than most administrations” when it comes to addressing gun violence but conceded that “perhaps more has to be done.”
He said he would deliver a lengthier statement at 10 a.m. Monday. He did not answer further questions about the shooting roughly an hour later upon arriving at the White House.
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President Trump declares “hate has no place in our country” after shootings in El Paso and Dayton https://t.co/oYDYteIiVk pic.twitter.com/slBoq48Fua
— The Hill (@thehill) August 4, 2019
President Trump: "Hate has no place in our country." https://t.co/nmfYqcKdXN pic.twitter.com/dfPNfENnkf
— The Hill (@thehill) August 4, 2019
Crashing a wedding as 20 people were being murdered. There is no bottom https://t.co/yhppAijZqt
— Client #3 (@jacquiestern1) August 4, 2019
Perfectly on schedule. To the minute. https://t.co/O5SN2RV6VM
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 7, 2019
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