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Botany

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Tue Oct 3, 2017, 10:04 AM Oct 2017

Trump: Las Vegas Shooting In Many Ways A Miracle Due To Police Response [View all]

Source: TPM

In brief comments Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump said that the deadly shooting in Las Vegas was in many ways a miracle because of the law enforcement response to the shooting.

Look, we have a tragedy. Were going to what happened in Las Vegas is in many ways a miracle. The police department has done such an incredible job, and well be talking about gun laws as time goes by, Trump told reporters outside the White House before traveling to Puerto Rico. But I do have to say how quickly the police department was able to get in was really very much of a miracle. Theyve done an amazing job.

Trump said that the police were able to quickly get into the hotel, however it took police a little over an hour from getting the first call about the shooting to breaching the gunmans hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, according to reports from NBC News and Newsweek.

The mass shooting was the deadliest in U.S. history and left 59 dead and more than 500 others injured. The gunman opened fire on 22,000 people attending a music festival in Las Vegas from a room on the 32nd floor of a nearby hotel.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-miracle-police-response-las-vegas-shooting





Christ on a cracker is Trump speaking about himself?

He was a sick man. A demented man, a lot of problems I guess." Trump.

He dedicates a golf trophy to those suffering in Puerto Rico and he talks about a miracle
in Las Vegas?
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Inarticulate yes, but ghostsinthemachine Oct 2017 #1
The police did their job but pls, trump, don't call the shooting a miracle. brush Oct 2017 #2
please Botany Oct 2017 #3
If you're trying to make us feel better, you're not accomplishing it. Paladin Oct 2017 #5
/sigh/ what a waste of words and thought. Try harder GusBob Oct 2017 #6
Not inarticulate. Inaccurate. LanternWaste Oct 2017 #9
The smoke from the firing set off sensors muriel_volestrangler Oct 2017 #12
Imagine this ghostsinthemachine Oct 2017 #20
You have got to be kidding. Largest shooting in modern US history. LisaL Oct 2017 #21
That's on a level with "warmest condolences". greatauntoftriplets Oct 2017 #4
................ Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #7
again such a fucking embarrASSment Kali Oct 2017 #8
I Think Trump RobinA Oct 2017 #10
I think he's a narcisstic sociopath. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #13
He lacks the ability to empathize with others and lacks the language because of his narcissism. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #14
I Don't Disagree RobinA Oct 2017 #17
I thought he killed himself.... Locrian Oct 2017 #11
Miracle was the wrong and unfortunate choice of words. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #15
He killed himself after they got there. LisaL Oct 2017 #22
Tell it to the families DiverDave Oct 2017 #16
Hey now there were some fine bullets on both sides OriginalGeek Oct 2017 #18
The police reportedly waited for an hour outside the shooters door waiting for a SWAT Nitram Oct 2017 #19
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