Rather than being respectful, composed and modest in the wake of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Trump instead has chosen to be bombastic, opportunistic and dishonest in his remarks since the tragedy.
Within hours of the massacre that killed 49 people, while bodies still laid in the Orlando nightclub, Trump tweeted, “Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism” and then called for President Barack Obama to “immediately resign in disgrace.” In media interviews and campaign speeches in the two days since, he has slammed the entire Muslim populationand made numerous untruthful remarksregarding the country, the Orlando shooter, Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton and President Obama.
The Republican Party’s urging of Trump to tone down his divisive, hateful and dishonest rhetoric has fallen on deaf ears.
