Protesters condemn Trump as he visits cities rocked by gun massacres

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Donald Trump has paid visits to two cities reeling from mass shootings that left 31 dead and dozens wounded&comma; but his divisive words preceded him and prompted large protests and biting political attacks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The president and first lady Melania Trump flew to El Paso&comma; Texas&comma; late on Wednesday after visiting the hospital in Dayton&comma; Ohio&comma; where many of the victims of Sunday’s attack in that city were treated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For most of the day&comma; the Republican president was kept out of view of the reporters travelling with him&comma; but the White House said the couple met hospital staff and first responders and spent time with wounded survivors and their families&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump told them he was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;with them”&comma; said press secretary Stephanie Grisham&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Everybody received him very warmly&period; Everybody was very&comma; very excited to see him&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But outside Dayton’s Miami Valley Hospital&comma; at least 200 protesters gathered&comma; blaming his incendiary rhetoric for inflaming political and racial tensions in the country and demanding action on gun control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In El Paso&comma; Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke spoke to several hundred people at a separate gathering&period; Mr O’Rourke has condemned Mr Trump as a racist instigator&comma; but told his audience the open way the people of his home town treat each other could be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the example to the United States of America”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">22 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism&period; El Paso will not be quiet and neither will I&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;dakFPKj0vJ">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;dakFPKj0vJ<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Beto O&&num;39&semi;Rourke &lpar;&commat;BetoORourke&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;BetoORourke&sol;status&sol;1158967174175715329&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">August 7&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Emotions are still raw in both cities in the aftermath of the weekend shootings&period; Critics claim Mr Trump’s own words have contributed to a combustible climate that has spawned death and other violence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump’s motorcade passed El Paso protesters holding &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Racist Go Home” signs&comma; and he spent part of his flight between Ohio and Texas airing his grievances on Twitter&comma; berating Democratic legislators&comma; Mr O’Rourke and the press&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump and the White House have forcefully disputed the idea that he bears some responsibility for the nation’s divisions&comma; and he continued to do so on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Meanwhile&comma; the Dayton&comma; Ohio&comma; shooter had a history of supporting political figures like Bernie Sanders&comma; Elizabeth Warren&comma; and ANTIFA&period;” <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;OANN&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;OANN<&sol;a> I hope other news outlets will report this as opposed to Fake News&period; Thank you&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Donald J&period; Trump &lpar;&commat;realDonaldTrump&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;realDonaldTrump&sol;status&sol;1159056155764809729&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">August 7&comma; 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