President Trump arrived at the University Medical Center of El Paso to meet with first responders, medical personnel, and victims on Wednesday afternoon, just four days after 22 people were killed by gunman Patrick Crusius at a Texas Walmart.
The president was greeted at the airport by the state's Republican governor, Greg Abbott, as well as Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and El Paso Mayor Dee Margo -- who bucked Democrats' calls on Monday to turn the president away.
As happened earlier Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio, scene of another lethal mass shooting this weekend, Trump was greeted by protesters demanding gun control reform and an end to caustic rhetoric — including some from the president — that they believed to be contributing to a culture of violence in America.
On the whole, however, reaction to Trump's visit was welcoming -- and, according to MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff, "surprisingly positive." Raul Melendez, an El Paso resident whose father-in-law, David Johnson, was killed in Saturday's shooting, said the most appropriate thing Trump could do was to meet with relatives of the victims.
The president was greeted at the airport by the state's Republican governor, Greg Abbott, as well as Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and El Paso Mayor Dee Margo -- who bucked Democrats' calls on Monday to turn the president away.
As happened earlier Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio, scene of another lethal mass shooting this weekend, Trump was greeted by protesters demanding gun control reform and an end to caustic rhetoric — including some from the president — that they believed to be contributing to a culture of violence in America.
On the whole, however, reaction to Trump's visit was welcoming -- and, according to MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff, "surprisingly positive." Raul Melendez, an El Paso resident whose father-in-law, David Johnson, was killed in Saturday's shooting, said the most appropriate thing Trump could do was to meet with relatives of the victims.
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