Don’t look to Trump for leadership after the Florida school shooting

We all just spent the last several days celebrating the snowboarding achievements of two 17-year-old Olympic champions: Chloe Kim and Red Gerard. Now we’re mourning the senseless murders of Americans their age, at the hands of a gunman who was only two years older. It’s at times like these that a normal president would step up to reassure the country of its values and take action to protect its citizens. But we don’t have one of those right now. This is the leader who took a whole week to say he was “totally opposed to domestic violence” after his staff secretary quit, amid accusations from his ex-wives of just that. Trump’s supposed condemnation came after he heaped praise on the guy for his job in the White House, wished him the best in his career, and suggested that he deserved “due process” against all these allegations. Donald Trump doesn’t do moral values and he doesn’t do justice. That’s the cost of doing business with a man who wanted the death penalty for five teenagers known as the Central Park Five, and claimed they were guilty even after they were exonerated by DNA evidence. Enough is enough is enough. If you care about our children, do something to protect them. If you want a politician who talks about our greatest threats, vote for someone who isn’t terrified of the National Rifle Association. And if you want to make America great again, make our schools safe again.

 Richard Wolffe