Trump explains why he didn’t cancel appearances after synagogue shooting

Published October 27, 2018 11:00pm ET



President Trump said Saturday that he wouldn’t allow the mass shooting in Pittsburgh to get in the way of his scheduled campaign event, suggesting it gave the gunman too much power.

“I don’t want to change our lives for someone that’s sick and evil, and I don’t think we ever should,” Trump said at a Make America Great Again rally in Murphysboro, Ill.

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