US President Trump expected to visit El Paso and Dayton following weekend shootings that left 29 people dead
From left, Melody Stout, Hannah Payan, Aaliyah Alba, Sherie Gramlich, and Laura Barrios comfort each other during a vigil for victims of the shooting Saturday, August 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas.
"President Trump called me yesterday. He was very gracious in the call... offered to help in any way he could," Dee Margo told a news conference on Monday.Trump has been accused by his opponents of helping to stir up resentment against ethnic minority groups with his divisive rhetoric, and some locals in El Paso –– which has a mainly Hispanic population –– have said that the president would not be welcome.
The White House hasn't announced the trip but the Federal Aviation Administration has advised pilots of a presidential visit that day to El Paso and Dayton, where a second-weekend shooting left nine people dead.Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as barbaric crimes "against all humanity" and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence.
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