President Trump made the following comments about this weekend’s mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso Wednesday morning as he departed the White House to visit with the victims:
[Question regarding a potential ban on large capacity magazines]
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: No. You have to have a political appetite within Congress. So far, I have not seen that. I can only do what I can do. I think there is a great appetite to do something with regard to making sure that mentally unstable, seriously ill people are not carrying guns. I have never seen the appetite as strong as it is now. I have not seen it with regards to certain types of weapons.
QUESTION: How concerned are you about the rise in white supremacy?
TRUMP: I am concerned about the rise of any group of hate. I do not like it. Any group of hate, I am. Whether it is white supremacy, whether it is any kind of supremacy, whether it is Antifa, whether it is any group of hate, I am very concerned about it and I will do something about it.
QUESTION: [indiscernible]
TRUMP: I do not think my rhetoric has at all. I think my rhetoric — it brings people together. Our country is doing incredibly well. China is not doing well if you look at the trade situation.
Watch Trump’s full comments Wednesday morning:
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