HOLIDAY/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The father of a Florida school shooting victim helped the White House celebrate Hanukkah on Thursday [12-7-18] and lauded President Donald Trump as a ‘fighter’ who has ‘retaken Washington for the American people.’ Trump said the menorah was being lit in the East Room in memory of 18-year-old Meadow Pollack ‘and all of the precious lives stolen from us this year, and we will pledge our resolve to confront hatred and violence in all of its evil forms.’ Meadow was among 17 people killed in a February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. A 17-year-old student has been charged in the Valentine’s Day massacre. Meadow’s father, Andrew Pollack, said he has been fighting for his daughter and other students since the shooting. He was among a group of teen survivors and parents of murdered children who attended a White House discussion shortly after the shooting.”
–The Associated Press, “Parkland Shooting Victim’s Dad Joins Trump for Hanukkah,” The New York Times online, December 6, 2018