After saying Tuesday morning that the Las Vegas shooting was “in many ways a miracle” due to the police response, Trump on Tuesday night echoed that comment, again calling the law enforcement effort a “miracle.”
It is a "miracle" how fast the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police were able to find the demented shooter and stop him from even more killing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2017
It’s not entirely clear what Trump aimed to achieve with the tweet. It may have been an attempt to clarify that his remark calling the shooting a “miracle” was in reference to the law enforcement.
The President has claimed twice that the law enforcement response to the shooting was quick. However, it took police a little over an hour to breach the gunman’s hotel room after they received the first 911 call about the shooting, according to reports from NBC News and Newsweek.
The mass shooting on Sunday night was the deadliest in U.S. history, leaving 59 dead and more than 500 injured. The gunman showered bullets on the crowd at a Las Vegas music festival from the 32nd floor of a nearby hotel.
It’s a miracle that a person this stupid and obtuse has actually been elected to the highest political office in this country. Trump lies; it’s what he does.
“The Miracle Hour” Sunday nights on FOX.
A miracle would be if he shot 250 people and nobody died. This is not that.
I think when the Vegas police chief walked on water across the reflecting pool while directing panicked concert goers was sort of over the top.
Trump is trying to horn in on credit for the police response. In this case, the police response was prompt and professional (at least from what I have seen), but not miraculous. Finding a shooter, especially one who is going from one point to another and is firing from a height, is extremely difficult. That being said, the firing is reported to have lasted for nine minutes, and it took about an hour to find the right room. So it is not like the police were able to stop the shooting, just the shooter.
Typical of Trump. He embodies the Republican motto: Ignorant, and proud of it.