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During a trip to victims at University Medical Center, the first couple took a photo with Paul Anchondo, an infant whose parents were killed in the shooting.
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Tito also told theAssociated Pressthat President Trump “was just there to give his condolences and he was just being a human being.” Tito previously told NPR that his brother was a Trump supporter and he is, too.
Some liberal critics of the president criticized the tone of the photographed moment, following criticism that Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric was at the least an echo of a manifesto the suspected El Paso shooter is believed to have written.
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Washington Postcolumnist Brian Klaastweeted, “I’ve don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who would think the appropriate response would be flashing a smile and thumbs up. Something is wrong with him.”
WNYC journalist Tanzina Vega added on CNN that there was a “tone-deafness” to Trump’s visits to El Paso andDayton, Ohio where a second mass shooting occurred this week.
The first lady posted a series of photos from the trip on Twitter,writing, “Met many incredible people in Dayton, Ohio & El Paso, Texas yesterday. Their communities are strong and unbreakable. @potus and I stand with you!”
Meanwhile, a hospital official told CNN’s Jim Acosta that the president acted with “an absence of empathy” during the hospital visit.
According toTIME, Tito did not wish to describe his visit with Trump in further detail, adding that he had received death threats.
“We should be coming together as a country at this time instead of threatening each other with hate messages,” he said.
source: people.com
