The following article by Josh Dawsey was posted on the Washington Post website February 16, 2018:
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited Broward Health North Hospital on Feb. 16 to pay their respects to Florida school shooting victims. (The Washington Post)
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — President Trump, as he often does while responding to natural disasters, mass shootings or unfolding crises, spent much of his time congratulating the responders instead of memorializing the victims of Wednesday’s school shooting during a visit here Friday.
Trump, in two quick stops at a hospital and sheriff’s office near the school where 17 were killed and scores were injured, praised the doctors, police officers, fire officials and others who responded quickly to the mass shooting in Parkland, casting their response as heroic and record-setting. Continue reading “In a brief Florida stop, Trump focuses on praising responders”