Ivanka Trump slammed for tweet about video game tournament shooting – By Yaron Steinbuch (nypost.com) / Aug 27 2018
Ivanka Trump was slammed in social media after tweeting a message of sympathy to those affected by the mass shooting in Jacksonville – as users assailed her father’s pro-NRA stance.
“As we await further details, our hearts are with Jacksonville and all those affected by today’s tragic mass shooting,” the first daughter and White House adviser posted along with a heart emoticon.
Her comment was met with a barrage of criticism by Twitter users who took President Trump to task for his lack of gun reform.
“Your father is in bed with @NRA, he has removed barriers to mentally ill people getting weapons, and unless the perpetrator is a person of color, he will not give a damn,” activist blogger John Pavlovitz posted.
“We have all the details we need,” he added.
Another user referred to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed in February.
“After #Parkland you & your father had an opportunity to affect real change in gun reform. Instead you chose the NRA,” @cazarespr tweeted.
“Your time in the White House is coming to an end. You’ll leave knowing when you had a chance to save children’s lives, you took the easy way out & stayed silent,” she added.
After the Parkland shooting, the president appeared to be open to strengthening background checks, restricting access to guns for the mentally ill and raising the age for buying some firearms to 21.
But after a meeting with the president, Chris Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, tweeted that Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “support the Second Amendment, support strong due process and don’t want gun control.”
Meanwhile, the president has remained mum on the Jacksonville shooting – although he has tweeted about his approval ratings, the stock market and the “Fake News Media.”
“Did Daddy ask you to write this because he was too busy tweeting lies about himself to care?” @werbiefitz wrote in response to Ivanka’s tweet.
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