Survivors of deadly school shooting lash out at Trump

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Last Updated : Feb 19 2018 | 1:05 AM IST
Students who escaped the deadly school shooting in Florida focused their anger today at President Donald Trump, contending that his response to the attack has been needlessly divisive. "You're the president. You're supposed to bring this nation together, not divide us," said David Hogg, a 17-year-old student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press." "How dare you," he added. Hogg was responding to Trump's tweet Saturday that Democrats hadn't passed any gun control measures during the brief time they controlled Congress with a supermajority in the Senate. Trump also alluded to the FBI's failure to act on tips that the suspect was dangerous while bemoaning the bureau's focus on Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Trump was at his Florida estate Sunday but did not mention the attack in a series of morning tweets. After more than a day of criticism from the students the White House, announced today that the president would hold a "listening session" with unspecified students on Wednesday and meet with state and local security officials Thursday. Florida politicians, meanwhile, scrambled to produce legislation in response to the February 14 attack that killed 17 people. In a TV interview, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio embraced a Democratic bill in the Florida legislature to allow courts to temporarily prevent people from having guns if they are determined to be a threat to themselves or others. Gov Rick Scott, also a Republican, attended a prayer vigil at the First Church Coral Springs, a few blocks from the shooting site. He is expected to announce a legislative package with GOP leaders of the legislature this week.

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First Published: Feb 19 2018 | 1:05 AM IST

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