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Twitterati slam Donald Trump for his ‘I hear you’ cue card during meet with Florida shooting survivors

US President Donald, who met a group of survivors, parents and family members of victims of Florida school mass shooting,…

Twitterati slam Donald Trump for his ‘I hear you’ cue card during meet with Florida shooting survivors

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US President Donald, who met a group of survivors, parents and family members of victims of Florida school mass shooting, has pledged to find a long-term solution to increasing gun violence in America and to prevent a repeat of last week’s horror.

“We want to learn everything we can learn. Starting about two minutes after this meeting, we’re going to work. This is a long-term situation that we have to solve. We’ll solve it together,” Trump told the people present at the gathering.

As many as 17 people comprising students and educators were killed on February 14 in the deadly shooting incident in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. It was the second-deadliest shooting at a US public school and the incident yet again sparked debate over gun rights in the US.

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Almost after a week of the tragedy, President Trump held an emotional hour-long meeting with the survivors. Despite Trump’s pledge to find long-term solution, the US President is facing Twitter wrath for all the wrong reasons.

First, Trump’s suggestion of arming the teachers irked people and then his ‘cue card’ which said ‘I hear you’ drew massive criticism.

During the meet, Trump was photographed with a tip card containing some notes. One of the points on the card read ‘I hear you’. It was difficult for people on Twitter to believe that the President needed a reminder about sympathising with survivors and victims’ families.

Other than the ‘I hear you’ point, two questions were also visible in the photograph. These questions wee – ‘What would you most want me to know about your experience?’ and ‘What can we do to help you feel safe?’

Here are some of the Twitter reactions:

 

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