Top officials decline to join him

[struggle4progress]

By Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey and Mark Berman
October 30 at 4:57 PM

... The White House .. declined to invite two Democratic officials who represent the area — Doyle and Sen. Robert J. Casey Jr ...

A spokesman for the city’s Democratic mayor, Bill Peduto, said he was invited to appear with the president but declined ...

The family of one of those victims — Daniel Stein, 71 — declined a visit with Trump in part because of Trump’s comments about having armed guards ...

The White House had asked the top four congressional leaders — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) — to accompany Trump to Pittsburgh, but all declined ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congressional-leaders-decline-to-join-trump-in-visit-to-pittsburgh-after-massacre/2018/10/30/34709010-dc4e-11e8-aa33-53bad9a881e8_story.html?utm_term=.bd01ea5ebdb3

[RockRaven]

1. Petty asshole invited everyone he could think of to go with him, except D Rep and D Senator.

Typical asshole Dotard behavior. Is it really any surprise nobody would go with him?

[guillaumeb]

2. But will McConnell and Ryan publicly condemn Trump's rhetoric of hate?

Never.

[Kaleva]

3. Even Ryan and McConnell could see that this was going to be a shit sandwich

[struggle4progress]

4. Officials shun his timing

By Kevin Liptak, CNN
Updated 8:25 PM ET, Tue October 30, 2018

... a slate of elected leaders .. declined invitations to join him ...

Trump was greeted .. by the congregation's rabbi, Jeffrey Myers, and Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer ...

the President remained stoic.

... he was overheard ruminating on the tragedy at hand.

"Very sad. Very very sad," he said ...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/politics/donald-trump-pittsburgh-visit-shooting/index.html