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Trump visits mass shooting victims; protesters shout 'Do something!'

US President Donald Trump speaks to Customs and Border Protection officers in the wake of last weekend's mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, U.S., August 7, 2019.

US President Donald Trump met victims and first responders from last weekend’s deadly shootings in Texas and Ohio on Wednesday, as chanting protesters accused him of inflaming tensions with anti-immigrant and racially charged rhetoric.

Trump visited hospitals where victims were treated in El Paso, Texas, on the border with Mexico, and in Dayton, Ohio, after massacres 13 hours apart that shocked the country and reopened a national debate on gun safety.

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