Trump Tells Iowa To "Get Over It" After Last Week's School Shooting
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The shooting at a small-town Iowa high school left one dead and five others injured.
Former President Donald Trump expressed his condolences for the victims of last week’s Iowa school shooting and then urged them to “get over it.”
“It’s a very terrible thing that happened,” Trump said at a campaign event in Iowa on Friday. “And it’s just horrible to see that happening. It’s just horrible. It’s so surprising to see it here, but you have to get over it. You have to move forward. We have to move forward. But to the relatives and all of the people who are so devastated right now to a point they can’t breathe, they can’t live, we are with you all the way.”
On Jan. 4, a sixth grader was killed by a 17-year-old suspect at a school in Perry, Iowa. Five others were wounded, including the school’s principal.
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