Here is a juxtaposition of the statements by former President Obama and current President Trump regarding the shooting that took place Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue leaving 11 dead.
Find the more unifying message after a tragedy: pic.twitter.com/NhRCbJNiiO
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) October 27, 2018
One says a bit about anti-Semitism and goes directly to politics.
We grieve for the Americans murdered in Pittsburgh. All of us have to fight the rise of anti-Semitism and hateful rhetoric against those who look, love, or pray differently. And we have to stop making it so easy for those who want to harm the innocent to get their hands on a gun.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 27, 2018
The other decries anti-Semitism as a hateful poison that needs to be abolished from earth.
As you know, earlier today there was a horrific shooting targeting and killing Jewish Americans at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The shooter is in custody, and federal authorities have been dispatched to support state and local police… pic.twitter.com/WqO7GfPyMT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 27, 2018
But Trump is the one continually blamed for the shooting.
The Washington Post says he has “fostered the toxic environment for the political violence he denounces.”
‘Infuriating’: Ari Fleischer POUNDS a MSM rag for trying to blame Trump for Pittsburgh shooting https://t.co/UKU9ZX7Tdh
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 28, 2018
In addition to Obama’s comments about people getting their hands on guns, The Democrats wasted no time in releasing a statement that was sheer politics.
The PATHETIC message from Democrats about the tragic shooting in Pittsburgh: Vote for us! https://t.co/YXQk3sFx3L
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 28, 2018
There was not even a hint of partisanship or politicization in Trump’s remarks, yet he is the problem.
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