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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"My administration is determined to do everything in our power to protect our students"
He spoke for around 90 seconds ahead of planned remarks on prison reform during a summit at the White House.
This has been going on too long in our country. Too many years, too many decades now, the president said of school shootings. He called the Texas incident absolutely horrific.
To the students, families, teachers and personnel at Santa Fe High, were with you in this tragic hour and well be with you forever, Trump said. My administration is determined to do everything in our power to protect our students, secure our schools, and to keep weapons out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves and to others.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-responds-santa-fe-shooting-prison-reform_us_5afeef6de4b07309e0578ae8




Donald Trump is introduced with Chris Cox (L), Executive Director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action and Wayne LaPierre (R), Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, at the National Rifle Association's NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center on May 20, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky.
kysrsoze
(6,454 posts)dalton99a
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asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)superpatriotman
(6,882 posts)Fixed that.
lark
(26,113 posts)He doesn't give even the tiniest of shits and neither do any of the other repugs. They just want the russian money from NRA and will do whatever it takes to get it. They don't care that kids are being killed, it's not their kids, they don't go to public schools. They want more guns to be sold, no restrictions of any sort whatsoever, so they can max out the $$ from the gun mfg.
We need a blue wave to wash out their killer supporters and wash in some people who will put in sensible restrictions and stop the mass killings.
Polly Hennessey
(8,968 posts)Sadness and heartbreak instead of thoughts and prayers. I have no words.
BigmanPigman
(55,527 posts)gademocrat7
(12,026 posts)They have no empathy or desire to end the gun violence.
Sneederbunk
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