Trump's first tweet after El Paso called the shooting 'terrible,' but minutes later, he tweeted again, wishing a Trump-supporting UFC fighter, good luck in his fight. Social media photos also show that the president stopped by a wedding at his golf club
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in with those promoting a celebrity fight and attacking his political foes.
Trump has also been widely criticized for offering a false equivalency when discussing racial violence, notably when he said there were"good people on both sides" after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that resulted in the death of an anti-racism demonstrator. His first tweet after the El Paso shooting on Saturday hit similar notes, with Trump calling it"terrible" and promising the full support of the federal government. But just 14 minutes later, he tweeted again, a discordant post wishing UFC fighter Colby Covington, a Trump supporter, good luck in his fight that evening.
The El Paso police chief said Sunday that a racist, anti-immigrant screed posted online shortly before the shooting has been linked to the man arrested in the attack on the border city. The writer expresses concern that an influx of Hispanics into the United States will replace aging white voters, potentially turning Texas blue in upcoming elections and swinging the White House to the Democrats. Federal prosecutors say they're treating the shooting as a domestic terrorism case.
"These are sick people," he said."And we need to figure out what we can do to make sure this doesn't happen again."
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