Despite increase, President Trump retweets post saying America is not in the 'midst of an epidemic of mass shootings'

Less than two weeks after a total of 31 people were killed in back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, President Trump retweeted a tweet that said the United States was not in the"midst of an epidemic of mass shootings.”

"The media coverage of shootings often ends up creating a false sense that gun violence—which is at or near historic lows—is ubiquitous and growing," he continued. Additionally, Brian Harrell, Trump’s assistant director for Infrastructure Protection at the Department of Homeland Security, who spoke at a cyber security conference on Wednesday, said,"society is becoming more violent every day."

Beyond mass shootings, the retweet comes after six police officers were shot during a shootout with an alleged gunman in Philadelphia.

An increase for his campaign but severe decline from the previous administration

trump's got to go ! This outlandish DECEIT has gone far enough !

Delusional. As always.

The media didn't freak out over the mass shootings that occurred during Obama's administration. 8 years to implement the hallowed dream of stripping Americans of their 2A rights, yet the left did nothing. Please, stop peddling this propaganda.

rhiles2760 Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Despite media hysteria, they are pretty rare. Yes, there is an uptick since politicians & the media have sown so much hate & division.

Sure...he's the 'nothing to see here' president. If things get worse, he'll throw out a shiny object...'look over there'.

Ivanka says women underrepresented in global politics while her dad Condon bans women from foreign delegations in Israel. Is this ''Running With Scissors'' w Netanyahu & Condon or what? $bac $jpm $db $amzn $tsla $aapl

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