Mass shootings bring Trump to Dayton, El Paso amid protests

Trump visits Dayton, El Paso after mass shootings, accuses Ohio politicians of 'misrepresenting' hospital visit
President Trump on Wednesday visited El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, to bring comfort to the communities rocked by the back-to-back mass shootings last weekend that left a total of 31 people dead. He was also greeted by protesters in both states who demanded tougher anti-gun laws and blamed him for contributing to a culture of violence in America with his rhetoric. Still, the president and his aides insisted he was welcomed warmly during his hospital visits and that shooting victims were happy to see him.

Trump's hospital visits were not without controversy. He accused Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley of "misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital." The president didn't specifically say what he believed was misrepresented. But Trump tweeted that Brown and Whaley's description, in a news conference afterward, of his visit to meet hospital staff and victims of last weekend’s mass shooting was “a fraud” that “bore no resemblance to what took place with those incredible people.”

While Trump attempted to be a Consoler-in-Chief, 2020 Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Beto O'Rourke and Sen. Elizabeth Warren were all equating him with white supremacy, another sign that an urge for calm in the days following last weekend's mass shootings may be falling on deaf ears.