President Obama will travel to Orlando, Fla., on Thursday to meet with victims of the early Sunday shooting at a nightclub that killed 49 people, and forced authorities to shoot the terrorist assailant.
Spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama would “pay his respects to victims’ families, and to stand in solidarity with the community as they embark on their recovery.”
Obama on Monday pushed again for tougher gun control laws in the wake of the tragedy, but the White House has acknowledged that after his executive actions on guns, there isn’t much more authority he can use.
“The president has taken substantial executive actions using as much executive authority as he can,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday.
