Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley told reporters that she was aware of the reports of a possible visit but had not heard from the president personally. “I have not gotten a call,” Whaley said. “And you know, he might be going to Toledo, I don’t know.”
In his first formal comments on two mass shootings over the weekend that left over 30 people dead, President Trump mistakenly identified Sunday’s killings in Ohio as having occurred in Toledo rather than Dayton. The mistake was not lost on the mayors of both cities.
In a statement posted to Twitter, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said that while it was “pretty obvious” Trump misspoke, the city was “happy to accept his prayers, even if they were meant for #Dayton.”Kapszukiewicz quickly pivoted to criticizing lawmakers in Washington, D.C., for not doing more to curb gun violence.
He added: “We are the greatest nation on earth, and we can do anything when we put our minds to it. Americans are desperate for a solution. If only our leaders in Washington felt the same urgency.”
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