6/29/2018

GUNS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump pledged support for the families of the five people killed in the ‘horrific’ Capital Gazette shooting on Thursday [6-28-18] afternoon, saying journalists should not be attacked for doing their jobs…The president made the comments at an event on Friday afternoon, his first public appearance since a gunman opened fire in the Annapolis, Maryland, newsroom. The president frequently criticizes the media, calling unfavorable news stories ‘fake news’ and referring to publications such as The New York Times as ‘phony.’ But on Friday, [6-29-18] he offered condolences to the victims of the shooting, which he called a ‘horrific, horrible thing.’ The suspect who opened fire on the Maryland newsroom on Thursday, Jarrod Ramos, was there to kill as many people as he could, police said during a news conference Friday morning. The shooting claimed the lives of five Capital Gazette employees and injured two others. Anne Arundel County Police chief Timothy Altomare said he is still grappling with a motive”

-Stephanie Murray, “Trump: Capital Gazette shooting ‘horrific, horrible thing’,” Politico, June 29, 2018 1:03 pm