{"id":7695,"date":"2018-02-14T23:33:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T05:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=7695"},"modified":"2018-06-25T19:43:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T00:43:52","slug":"presidential-responses-school-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/presidential-responses-school-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential responses to school shootings since 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eB2Y_807pMI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I think that [County Commission Chair] Patricia Holloway would not mind if I said that amidst all of the turmoil and grief that she and others are experiencing, she said to me just a moment ago that perhaps now America would wake up to the dimensions of this challenge if it could happen in a place like Littleton and we could prevent anything like this from happening again. We pray that she is right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HThY4iutSRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom and every American community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mIA0W69U2_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We\u2019ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years.\u00a0And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would \u2014 as a parent. And that was especially true today.\u00a0I know there\u2019s not a parent in America who doesn\u2019t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yca-uwxCsWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But as I said just a few months ago, and I said a few months before that, and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough. It\u2019s not enough. It does not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel. And it does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America \u2014 next week, or a couple of months from now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 40px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/963878055969198080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump did not address the nation today after the Florida school shooting and, at least for now, he does not have any public appearances scheduled for tomorrow either<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonLemire\/status\/963962672411750400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Update:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The President will address the nation at 11am today on the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/964135942322868224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f-_VzTjRU4Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Answer hate with love. Answer cruelty with kindness. We must also work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life that creates deep and meaningful human connections and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends and neighbors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think that [County Commission Chair] Patricia Holloway would not mind if I said that amidst all of the turmoil and grief that she and others are experiencing, she said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5152],"tags":[5494,5492,4360,5493,3772,62,5491,284],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.3 (Yoast SEO v18.5.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Presidential responses to school shootings since 1999 | The Bozho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Our thoughts and prayers are not enough. 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