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Donald Trump Appears To Have Incorrectly Tweeted His Condolences For The Wrong Mass Shooting

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Donald Trump announced his return from his trip to Asia with a pair of tweets on Tuesday night. The second tweet said it was great to be back in the USA — like the famous Chuck Berry tune — and was a positive way to end his Asian adventure. But it was unfortunately undermined by the preceding tweet sent from the president’s account that sent condolences about the wrong mass shooting.

While sending well wishes to the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas is a good thing for the president to do, the shooting did happen close to a week ago. Not mentioned is Tuesday’s shooting in Northern California that left five dead and ten injured after a domestic dispute, though most hope that the president just make a slight mistake.

The tweet was still live as of publication, staying live for at least two hours that led to plenty of speculation for people online who had dreams of covfefe dancing through their heads. While the response to this gaffe doesn’t seem to be as large, you could also chalk it up to the general exhaustion with the Trump parade at this point.

The one theory that seemed to make the biggest impact is that the president or his team keep a template ready for these type of events, literally just copying and pasting a previous message:

https://twitter.com/MotherResister/status/930679094437695489

Other folks decided to ask why this response is coming so late and where the response to the Northern California shooting might be, with many hoping that the “FBI and Law Enforcement” arrived there too:

https://twitter.com/unrealReg/status/930665032270180352

https://twitter.com/m_sherrill/status/930666317866299392

And in typical fashion, most people were quick to call out the president’s grammar usage:

https://twitter.com/relevanne/status/930672128579506181

In the end, nothing about this should be surprising at this point. The president and his team will be sure to do something new tomorrow to cause outrage, plus there’s the announced big announcement that’s about to happen and the eventual comment by Trump on the Roy Moore scandal.

Still, this is the type of small mistake that just defines a moment it seems and how the people in charge actually view that moment.

(Via The Wrap)

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