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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJANUARY 24, 2018 White House Daily Briefing
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marble falls
(57,102 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)she starts talking about the increase in crime in the two years just before Trump took office, and the ensuing crime wave.
Those can be in the second batch of 2,000 lies.
C-Span might make that a video clip. I'm loath to rely on Think Progress, but here's something about it:
"The fact that you're basically accusing the president of being complicit in a school shooting is outrageous."
AARON RUPAR
JAN 24, 2018, 3:37 PM
At the beginning of Wednesdays White House press briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders spent a mere three seconds acknowledging the victims of Americas latest deadly school shooting one at Marshall County High School in Kentucky that left two students dead. ... But NBCs Peter Alexander circled back to the topic during the last question Sanders fielded. Alexander asked Sanders what President Donald Trump is doing to prevent school shootings, especially considering the fact that there have already been 11 school shootings so far this year and were not even through with January.
On Tuesday, there was a high school in Kentucky; Monday a school cafeteria outside Dallas; a charter school parking lot in New Orleans as well there have been 11 shootings in schools in the first 23 days of this year, Alexander began. In October, after the Vegas shooting, you said it was an unspeakable tragedy from that podium. You said it was a day for consoling survivors and mourning those we have lost, but you said theres a time and place for political debate. What has the president done in the time since October to prevent any of these shootings from taking place?
The question is a difficult one for Sanders to handle, as Trump hasnt done much of anything to stop school shootings. The president whose election effort received more than $30 million from the National Rifle Association has made clear hes not a fan of stronger background checks, and thinks the problem of gun violence can only be solved by more guns.
So Sanders quickly tried to pivot from Alexanders question. Instead, she attempted to give the president credit for the slight decrease in U.S. violent crime that occurred during his first months in office. ... The president believes that all Americans deserve to be safe in their schools and their communities, she said. Weve had two years of increased violence prior to the president taking office. Weve tried to crack down on crime throughout the country.
marble falls
(57,102 posts)specific crime in a very few specific places. Please don't make me watch that person jabber like a mule with a mouth full of peanut butter! Tomorrow I'll watch her.
The original crime with these schools shootings is the availability of guns. That's not local crime, that's national crime which has its birth in the various legislatures and the desks of various politicians. Don't get me started.