Drumpf tweet - re: mass shooting in Las Vegas

[BumRushDaShow]

Link to tweet

TEXT
Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump

My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!
7:11 AM - Oct 2, 2017

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EDIT to add a contrast - Nancy Pelosi's tweet -

Link to tweet

TEXT
Nancy Pelosi
✔
@NancyPelosi

Horrified and heartbroken by the awful tragedy in #LasVegas last night. Praying for those lost, wounded & waiting for news from loved ones.
7:25 AM - Oct 2, 2017

[catbyte]

1. "Warmest condolences"?!? He even managed to fuck that up.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. It is literally about as tone deaf as one can be

Completely disconnected.

[Chasstev365]

8. Beat me to it! What an odd thing to say.

[spiderpig]

9. My first reaction too.

Condolences are "sincere" or "heartfelt" - not WARM.

Another case of Mr. Tonedeaf not able to convey a single genuine human emotion. He probably hasn't figured out to make it all about him yet.

[highplainsdem]

11. I found the wording odd, too, but a quick Google check shows it's considered fairly standard,

even recommended on various sites about how to express sympathy. (I really can't recall seeing it before.)

[BumRushDaShow]

13. That might make sense for someone who has died after an illness or "old age", etc.

but THESE deaths were due to a crime of epic proportions.

[highplainsdem]

15. You're right. But I'm guessing Trump reached for wording he's used to.

I don't expect him to come up with the right words, especially on Twitter.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. I added Pelosi's tweet

He tried to fake "sound" sympathetic. Pelosi's tweet was more dramatic to underscore the tragedy.

[malaise]

22. Seriously

He is not a well person

[Zoonart]

31. No he is not.

Can't wait for the memorial. I can't even...

[dalton99a]

25. Sounds like he never sent a sympathy card in his life

[Historic NY]

26. Sounds like a holiday greeting....

[onenote]

29. Google "warmest condolences"

It may not be the most common phrasing, but it's not that unusual either. I saw it on cards and expressions of sympathy after the deaths of my parents and it didn't bother me then.

I'm much more concerned that we continue to do nothing in the this country to control access to guns like those used in this horrific event than in the way condolences are expressed.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. Yes - you see that on cards

for people who have passed due to a variety of reasons (illness, old age)... but not after what has amounted to the worst mass casualty incident in modern (i.e., not counting wars or past race riots, etc) U.S. history.

[Neema]

33. I read that and was like "is this guy even human or some sort of alien life form?"

My two year old niece could craft a more coherent sentence.

[Kittycow]

3. Deep. Inspired. Inspiring.

[Freedomofspeech]

4. Warmest condolences...

Really?

[yardwork]

5. Warmest condolences? What the?

[PearliePoo2]

6. hmmm....I wonder who ACTUALLY wrote that?

Is BLOTUS in a corner tied up with restraints?

[JI7]

7. after he found out it was an old white man

if it was a person of color he would have tweeted earlier and called for bans, deportations and all the other shit.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Exactly

He would have ranted that at least the shooter was dead and that the U.S. was rid of such scum.

[uponit7771]

20. +1

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Here is Nancy Pelosi's tweet

Link to tweet

TEXT
Nancy Pelosi
✔
@NancyPelosi

Horrified and heartbroken by the awful tragedy in #LasVegas last night. Praying for those lost, wounded & waiting for news from loved ones.
7:25 AM - Oct 2, 2017

Note the difference in tone!

[Vinca]

16. His tweets are easily identifiable. That's not one of them.

His tweet would be more like "see . . . Puerto Rico isn't so bad now, is it" or "the most tremendous, biggest shooting and it hasn't been a year I'm in office." Trump doesn't "do" condolences.

[arthritisR_US]

18. That's my take on that tweet too.

[Pachamama]

21. Your suggesting that this sociopathic tweet couldn't possibly be his?

Why exactly? Just curious....

Because this is too sociopathic and lacking empathy? That there are people in the White House far worse?

[anneboleyn]

24. Yep, probably written by Stephen Miller or another of his "handlers." No way in hell he wrote that

tweet. But I'm sure he's trying to figure out a way to make this about himself as soon as possible.

[Pachamama]

19. Warmest? Warmest??? Seriously? WTF????

Has anyone ever heard someone say this?

Who says something like that?

Warmest condolences?

The man is seriously ill and out of touch....I don't think he knows how to express emotion or even to understand how to communicate. Obviously he doesnt even read back his own words to himself and think about what exactly he is saying....

Yeah....for him this is warmest....

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Time for 25th amendment. nt

[dalton99a]

27. He's very unhappy that the spotlight is not on him today

[BumRushDaShow]

28. He'll find a way to get attention - in the meantime

Our last legitimate President just tweeted - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029660051

[mucifer]

30. I don't see the two tweets as being that much different. Except that trump probably didn't tweet

probably someone in the office with some sense of decency did. But, then again I don't know if anyone has a sense of decency there.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. "warmest condolences"

is nonsensical in light of what caused the deaths. Especially from someone didn't give a shit about Puerto Rican deaths.

[Blue_Adept]

34. I hate the phrase god bless you in general but especially in this context

These people won't feel blessed by having their loved ones lost like this.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. The whole thing tone deaf and disjointed. nt