Trump Says He'd Have Entered Parkland School Even If He Didn't Have A Gun
- 6 years ago
President Trump on Monday slammed the deputies who didn't enter the Parkland school during the mass shooting.
President Trump on Monday slammed the deputies who reportedly didn't enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida to confront the shooter.
Trump also told a group of state governors gathered at the White House that he'd have reacted differently during the mass shooting that claimed 17 lives.
Zeke Miller, White House reporter for the Associated Press, quotes Trump as saying, "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon."
CNN reports, citing sources, when Coral Springs police officers arrived at the school, "many officers were surprised to find not only that Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson, the armed school resource officer, had not entered the building, but that three other Broward County Sheriff's deputies were also outside the school and had not entered."
Trump criticized Peterson last week as well, suggesting he may have failed to act because he didn't "love the children."
At a press conference on Friday, Trump told reporters, "A security guard doesn't know the children, doesn't love the children. This man standing outside of the school the other day doesn't love the children, probably doesn't know the children."
The president has expressed support for training and arming school faculty because, in his words, "the teachers love their children."
President Trump on Monday slammed the deputies who reportedly didn't enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida to confront the shooter.
Trump also told a group of state governors gathered at the White House that he'd have reacted differently during the mass shooting that claimed 17 lives.
Zeke Miller, White House reporter for the Associated Press, quotes Trump as saying, "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon."
CNN reports, citing sources, when Coral Springs police officers arrived at the school, "many officers were surprised to find not only that Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson, the armed school resource officer, had not entered the building, but that three other Broward County Sheriff's deputies were also outside the school and had not entered."
Trump criticized Peterson last week as well, suggesting he may have failed to act because he didn't "love the children."
At a press conference on Friday, Trump told reporters, "A security guard doesn't know the children, doesn't love the children. This man standing outside of the school the other day doesn't love the children, probably doesn't know the children."
The president has expressed support for training and arming school faculty because, in his words, "the teachers love their children."