Cuomo pleads: ‘do SoMethinG!’
PROMISES MADE, broken.
President Trump pledged to take action in the wake of a Texas school shooting that left at least 10 people dead Friday, once again leaving Americans wondering whether the latest tragedy will result in anything beyond thoughts and prayers.
Minutes after authorities said 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis opened fire at the Santa Fe High School outside Houston, Trump told reporters at the White House his administration will do “everything in our power” to keep gun violence out of America’s schools.
“This has been going on for too long in our country, too many promises years, too many decades now,” Trump said. “My administration is determined to do everything in our power to protect our students, secure our schools and do everything we can to keep weapons out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves and to others.”
But critics were quick to note that Trump — whose remarks completely lacked concrete proposals — has vowed action in the past only to backtrack and side with the National Rifle Association.
“You were elected to lead — do something,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote in an open letter to Trump, in which he proudly touted his “F” rating from the powerful gun lobby. “Your first responsibility is to the people of this country, not the NRA — do something. My heart breaks for the families who have to grieve from this needless violence — DO SOMETHING.”
Most recently, Trump backpedaled on promises he made in the aftermath of the gruesome shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 people dead.
Two weeks after the Feb. 14 massacre, Trump claimed Republicans didn’t push for raising the legal sales age for rifles from 18 to 21 because they were “afraid” of the NRA. “They have great power over you people, they have less power over me,” Trump told a bipartisan group of senators during a sit-down at the White House.
“You can’t buy a handgun at 18, 19, 20, you have to wait until you’re 21, but you can buy the