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Trump vows urgent action after shootings, offers few details

By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking out against
weekend mass shootings that rocked a nation,
President Donald Trump on Monday called
for bipartisan solutions to the bloodshed but
offered few details and faced pointed ques-
tions from Democrats about whether he had
the moral authority to rally a nation against
the spasm of violence and racism.
Trump, back at the White House after remain-
ing largely out of view for two days at his New
Jersey golf club, declared the shootings in Tex-
as and Ohio barbaric crimes “against all hu-
manity” and called for unity to respond to an
epidemic of gun violence. He blamed mental
illness and video games but made no mention
of more limits on the firearms that can be sold.
Trump said he wanted legislation providing
“strong background checks” for gun users,
though he has reneged on previous promises
along that line after mass attacks. He seemed
to abandon his latest idea of linking gun con-
trol legislation to immigration policy just a few
hours after proposing it. President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic
Continued on Page 2 Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington.
Associated Press