He will visit with survivors, first responders and law enforcement in both Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas later today. But Donald Trump will also face protests and condemnation, especially in the border city of El Paso, where many say he is not welcome. From the El Paso Times:
“U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, along with the Border Network for Human Rights and Women’s March El Paso, plan a gathering at 12:30 p.m. in Washington Park. That’s down the street from University Medical Center, where Trump is expected to meet with survivors of the shooting Saturday that left 22 people dead. Organizers say the event is meant to honor those killed, call for gun control and confront white supremacy. …
“Meanwhile, area medical workers began a petition asking University Medical Center, a hospital treating several of the wounded shooting victims, not to host Trump.”
As a lead-in to his visit, Trump set an angry tone overnight on Twitter where he blasted presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke:
Meanwhile in Iowa, candidate Joe Biden will deliver an address where he will take on Trump. From Politico:
Biden will say: “At moments when we have been tested most, American presidents have stepped up.
“President George H.W. Bush renouncing his NRA membership. President Clinton after Oklahoma City. President George W. Bush going to a mosque shortly after 9/11. President Obama after Charleston. Presidents who led … who opposed hate … chose to fight for what is best of the American character.
“We don’t have that today. We have a president who has aligned himself with the darkest forces in this nation. And that makes winning the battle for the soul of this nation that much harder.”
He will also say Trump has more in common with George Wallace than George Washington.
