{"id":59146,"date":"2018-02-19T05:22:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59146"},"modified":"2018-02-19T05:22:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:22:10","slug":"student-survivors-of-florida-shooting-slam-trump-over-fbi-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/student-survivors-of-florida-shooting-slam-trump-over-fbi-tweets.html","title":{"rendered":"Student survivors of Florida shooting slam Trump over FBI tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student survivors of Florida shooting slam Trump over FBI tweets<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Student survivors of the deadliest-ever shooting at a U.S. high school reacted angrily on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the FBI may have been too distracted with a Russia probe to follow leads that could have prevented the massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVery sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter,\u201d Trump tweeted late Saturday. \u201cThey are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign – there is no collusion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump offered no evidence that there was any connection between the investigation of Russian meddling and the FBI\u2019s failure to prevent the Florida shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOh my god. 17 OF MY CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS ARE GONE AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RUSSIA???!!,\u201d Morgan Williams, a 16-year-old junior, tweeted in response to Trump\u2019s message. \u201cHAVE A DAMN HEART.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI has acknowledged it failed to act on a tip warning that the suspect, Nikolas Cruz, possessed a gun and the desire to kill. Cruz is charged with 17 murders at Parkland\u2019s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, near Ft. Lauderdale.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another student said they wanted authorities to take action, not engage in a blame game.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what isn\u2019t acceptable?\u201d said Carly Novell, a senior at Douglas. \u201cBlaming everyone but the shooter and the lack of gun control in our country. You even blamed the students. We did report him, we tried. But how were we supposed to know what would happen? Your lack of sympathy proves how pitiful of a person you are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The students\u2019 outrage over Trump\u2019s comments came one day after hundreds of gun control advocates rallied at the Broward County federal courthouse with students who survived the attack, parents and community leaders to demand a ban on the sale of assault weapons in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re supposed to bring this nation together, not divide us,\u201d David Hogg, an 18-year-old Douglas senior, said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d program. \u201cHow dare you!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Lerner, a teacher who survived the shooting, said the president\u2019s statement was an affront to the victims and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the REAL NEWS. You came to Florida & didn\u2019t talk to me, my students or my coworkers. You had a photo op & played golf. YOU are a disgrace to MY country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Emma Gonzalez, a senior, is among a group of student survivors who started a movement against mass shootings, @NeverAgainMSD, referring to Marjory Stoneman Douglas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time for change,\u201d Gonzalez said on Twitter in a call to end gun violence. \u201cLet\u2019s make it happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-florida-shooting-trump-students\/student-survivors-of-florida-shooting-slam-trump-over-fbi-tweets-idUSKCN1G20VO<\/span><\/p>\n

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