{"id":4927,"date":"2019-08-05T06:33:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T11:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2019-08-05T06:33:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T11:33:21","slug":"president-trump-addresses-el-paso-and-dayton-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/politics\/government\/president-trump-addresses-el-paso-and-dayton-shootings-20190805","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Addresses El Paso and Dayton Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday a gunman managed to kill 20 people at a Walmart in El Paso Texas, not even a day later nine people died in Dayton, Ohio as another gunman opened fire near some bars. On Monday morning, two days after the El Paso shooting, President Trump addressed the shootings from the White House, saying that Americans should \u201ccondemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Multiple Shooting<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated,\u201d Trump said during an address. \u201cHate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul.\u201d <a class=\"simple-footnote\" title=\"Reuters Editorial. &#8220;Trump denounces white supremacy after shootings, cites video games.&#8221; U.S, 5 Aug. 2019, www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-shooting-trump\/trump-denounces-white-supremacy-after-shootings-cites-video-games-and-internet-idUSKCN1UV1L9?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews.\" id=\"return-note-4927-1\" href=\"#note-4927-1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today\u2019s shooting in El Paso, Texas, was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice. I know that I stand with everyone in this Country to condemn today\u2019s hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1157868518823596032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to blame the mental health problems in America and realistic video games on encouraging people to become violent. \u201cMental illness and hatred pulls the trigger,\u201d Trump said in his speech, \u201cnot the gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Public Image<\/h2>\n<p>The recent shootings have fanned the flames of the debate on gun control. Although Trump has aid in the past that he isn&#8217;t for establishing measures of gun control, he did hint at implementing limited gun control in his speech on Monday. Whether this is a serious thought in the Trump administration currently, or they&#8217;re trying to soften the blow of the shootings which are effecting Trump&#8217;s public image.<\/p>\n<p>Many news outlets have been wondering about whether Trump&#8217;s &#8220;racist rhetoric&#8221; is to blame for the mass shootings. <a class=\"simple-footnote\" title=\"Breuninger, Kevin. &#8220;Trump condemns &#8216;racism, bigotry and white supremacy&#8217; in speech after mass shootings kill 29.&#8221; CNBC, 5 Aug. 2019, www.cnbc.com\/2019\/08\/05\/trump-condemns-racism-bigotry-and-white-supremacy.html.\" id=\"return-note-4927-2\" href=\"#note-4927-2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One thing he did mention was a &#8220;red flag law&#8221; which would allow people to petition the court to keep mentally ill family or friends from gaining access to guns. \u201cThe choice is ours and ours alone. It is not up to mentally ill monsters, it is up to us that we are able to pass great legislation. After all of these years, we will ensure that those who were attacked, will not have died in vain,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen hours after the shooting in El Paso, a shooter killed nine people in Dayton Ohio, wounding several others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds,\u201d Trump said, referring to how people can find others to relate to on the internet whether that internet influence is for good or for bad.<br \/>\nPresident Trump also urged legislatures to consider passing more immigration reforms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8230;.this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1158330513951735809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/><div class=\"simple-footnotes\"><h4 class=\"notes\">Notes:<\/h4><ol><li id=\"note-4927-1\" class=\"simple-footnote\"><a class=\"tjfootnotes\" href=\"#return-note-4927-1\">&#94;<\/a>Reuters Editorial. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-shooting-trump\/trump-denounces-white-supremacy-after-shootings-cites-video-games-and-internet-idUSKCN1UV1L9?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews\">Trump denounces white supremacy after shootings, cites video games<\/a>.&#8221; U.S, 5 Aug. 2019, www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-shooting-trump\/trump-denounces-white-supremacy-after-shootings-cites-video-games-and-internet-idUSKCN1UV1L9?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews. <a href=\"#return-note-4927-1\">&#40;go back &nbsp;&#8617;&#41;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"note-4927-2\" class=\"simple-footnote\"><a class=\"tjfootnotes\" href=\"#return-note-4927-2\">&#94;<\/a>Breuninger, Kevin. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/08\/05\/trump-condemns-racism-bigotry-and-white-supremacy.html\">Trump condemns &#8216;racism, bigotry and white supremacy&#8217; in speech after mass shootings kill 29<\/a>.&#8221; CNBC, 5 Aug. 2019, www.cnbc.com\/2019\/08\/05\/trump-condemns-racism-bigotry-and-white-supremacy.html. <a href=\"#return-note-4927-2\">&#40;go back &nbsp;&#8617;&#41;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday a gunman managed to kill 20 people at a Walmart in El Paso Texas, not even a day later nine people died in Dayton, Ohio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[244,203,207],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4927"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4931,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927\/revisions\/4931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}