Today in a teleprompter read speech Trump referred to Toledo, when addressing the senseless massacres this weekend in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. None of the tragedies happened in Toledo.
Meanwhile, former President Obama who generally remains silent spoke out on the tragedies. “We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don’t look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people,” Obama said.
He posted his full statement on Twitter:
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 5, 2019
