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Trump Jumps On Kilmeade Criticism Of Obama, Points Out George Bush Never Condemned Obama For Sandy Hook

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President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday calling out former President Barack Obama for his comments on the mass shootings of the week.

The president tweeted comments made by Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, when Kilmeade compared Obama’s behavior following mass shootings to the behavior of former President George Bush.

“Did George Bush ever condemn President Obama after Sandy Hook. President Obama had 32 mass shootings during his reign. Not many people said Obama is out of Control. Mass shootings were happening before the President even thought about running for Pres.” @kilmeade @foxandfriends

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2019

“I’m just wondering did George Bush ever condemn President Obama after Sandy Hook?” Kilmeade asked. “Did President Bush ever come at him? He had 32 shootings of mass shootings during his reign. Nobody has said President Obama is out of control.”

Obama tweeted a statement from himself and his wife Michelle Obama Monday afternoon, saying that “no other nation on Earth” experiences the number of mass shootings that the U.S. does.

Barack Obama said the mass shootings of the past weekend in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, show a dangerous trend of “troubled individuals who embrace racist ideologies and see themselves obligated to act violently to preserve white supremacy.”

“We should strongly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don’t look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people,” he said.

The former president compared this type of language to the language used in other human tragedies throughout history, such as the Holocaust.