Democrats cannot, absolutely cannot,

[Skidmore]

give one iota in word or deed to Trump or the Republicans after that speech. It was given in bad faith using weasel words to deflect away from his followers. I watched on a live webcast with comments from viewers. THose supporters saw "words of love." We must keep up pressure and force the nation to confront the hatred instead of letting it be buried under layers of excuses and BS for the gullible.

[RKP5637]

1. If he could have reached the teleprompter, he would have fingered each word like a

first grader learning to read in school. The guy is impaired. Also, he had absolutely no empathy for what he was reading, just words to struggle through on a canned speech like the puppet he is.

[malaise]

2. Dems need their own press conference

before Prime Time news this evening

[SHRED]

3. We need to talk about weapons of war

No more hate, video game, or mental health distractions.

[leftieNanner]

9. Precisely

All other western countries have mental health and video games. What they don't have is AR 15s in the general public.

And nobody else has themselves a Trump!

[CharleyDog]

14. Exactly. did you see that "drum cartridge/clip" thingy the Dayton shooter had

on his long gun? Truly a battlefield weapon of war. WHY do we allow anyone to sell/buy this?

[CharleyDog]

15. I found the advertisement for the drum magazine like the shooter had in Dayton

This is a AK47 Drum with a 75-Round capacity chambered in 7.62x39mm.

KCI drum magazines deliver maximum capacity and impressive quality for the world’s most popular rifles—all at a price that’s hard to beat.

These lightweight 75-round polymer drum magazines are made in South Korea and feature a clear plastic rear. Since they load from the back, you won’t have to fight to load rounds under tension.

These magazines can be stored loaded without any tension on the spring. When ready for use, simply twist the central crank to ensure rapid feeding.

If you’re looking for maximum firepower and functional reliability at the best price, look no further than KCI Korean drum magazines. These magazines fit most double-stack AK-47s.

Only $59.00. What a deal!!!1!!! I mean, why wouldn't you be looking for maximum firepower?

[lostnfound]

4. "BS for the gullible" -- truer words never spoken

[brer cat]

5. +++ nt

[bigbrother05]

6. Similar to his DDay speech, soothing phrases mouthed by a puppet

And meant just as sincerely to the ones that died on Saturday as to the men that died in 1944, just statistics to Trump and an opportunity to be on TV.

His speech writers likely have a template where they just insert the latest location then print for the teleprompters. No thought or heart involved.

[Skidmore]

7. Time to hop on Twitter

and start addressing the trollery there. Yesterday I was searching for Dayton information and clicked on a 4chan link which dropped me in a hive trying to create narratives making both shooters gay, Satanist, antifa, subversive "leftists." They were also dogging the press and bemoaning how to keep their narrative and evidence, which they were busy creating out of whole cloth from being lost. I've seen a couple of tweet trying to catapult bits of this garbage this morning. Focus needs to be on hate speech, gun violence, and Trump.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. to his followers

Toledo just means move on to the next target when the flag rises from half-staff. This is a period of truce until 8/9.

Trump is in for dictatorship. That's what he's aiming for. He only backtracks in words, not deeds, and only until the latest furor does down.

[kiri]

12. 8/8

Please note the code. H is the 8th letter in the alphabet, 8+H, 88=HH= Heil Hitler

There is a very good explanation of Nazi code language:
https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-truth-about-88-new-book-reveals-secret-meaning-of-neo-nazi-codes-a-770820.html

[George II]

10. He's so out of touch that he mentioned the wrong Ohio city - Toledo, not Dayton.

[BannonsLiver]

11. It's not playing well outside his base, breathless news reports aside

[mgardener]

13. Can we all ...

Just email our Congressional representative today and ask for impeachment hearing for Trump????
Just add your reps email address to your contacts and do it every day.
Republicans will finally have an excuse to break from him.

Trump is/will be toxic over these deaths especially if we keep the pressure on.
This is his Katrina.

[barbtries]

16. i couldn't watch.

never can...but the reaction on twitter is not favorable. of course i block every trumpster i encounter so my feed is full of resisters.
there are more of us. only question is will enough people vote to stymie the russian/republican dirty tricks.

keeps me up all hours.

[Blue_true]

17. Didn't he send out a vile tweet just after giving that speech?

The speech was written for him, the tweet was from his heart.

[marble falls]

18. Ignoring him would be a terrible mistake. He needs to be checked every time ...

he opens his pie hole. Without letting not even for a moment.

[BlueWI]

19. I think we're underestimating the nature of this departure from Democratic norms.

The work of turning things around is just beginning.

[Doitnow]

20. He had the "sniff" thing going again.