President Trump urged Republicans and Democrats in Congress to pass legislation which included background checks and immigration reform after a weekend that had two mass shootings.
“We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain. Likewise for those so seriously wounded. We can never forget them, and those many who came before them,” Trump said Monday on Twitter. “Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!”
….this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2019
The president’s call for action follows a weekend in which mass shootings killed over two dozen people and injured dozens more in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
Trump plans on addressing the nation over the mass shootings at 10 a.m. eastern time. He told reporters Sunday that he sends his “condolences” to the people in both El Paso and Dayton and that “we have to get it stopped, this has been going on for years and years.”
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