Nan Whaley, the mayor of Dayton, Ohio, expressed shock after President Trump lashed out against her and Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown on Wednesday in response to a press conference they held following his Dayton hospital visit.
"He was well received by victims and first responders," Whaley told CNN's John Berman in an interview on"New Day," echoing her previous comments after reading Trump's tweets."I'm at a loss for why all this vitriol came immediately after he had a good visit at the hospital.
At their press conference, Brown and Whaley expressed primarily positive sentiments regarding the President's hospital visit, though they did criticize his past rhetoric.Read MoreAsked at the press conference how Trump was received, Brown said,"He was received well by the patients, as you'd expect. They're hurting.""He was comforting. He did the right things and Melania did the right things. And it's his job in part to comfort people.
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