DEMS/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, his press secretary and his director of social media accused Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, both of whom are Democrats, of misrepresenting the reception Trump received from shooting victims during his visit to a Dayton hospital. Facts First: This is false. While both Brown and Whaley criticized Trump’s past rhetoric, they were only complimentary about his visit to the hospital. At a press conference following their joint hospital visit with Trump, Brown said Trump was “received well by the patients,’ was ‘comforting’ and ‘did the right things.’ At the press conference and in an interview with CNN, Whaley said victims were ‘grateful’ to see Trump and that he was ‘treated well by the victims, for sure.’ Brown did call Trump and his past rhetoric ‘racist.’ Whaley called Trump’s past rhetoric ‘divisive’ and said it was good he did not visit the district where the shooting occurred because of local ‘anger’ about him.”
–Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump falsely accuses Sherrod Brown, Dayton mayor of misrepresenting his hospital visit,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 7, 2019 8:06 pm