Trump Responds to Latest Fatal School Shooting: ‘This Has Been Going on Too Long in our Country’

Pres. Trump addresses Texas school shooting: “This has been going on too long in our country, too many years, too many decades now. We grieve for the terrible loss of life & send our support & love to everyone affected by this absolutely horrific attack.” https://t.co/oqRZUFvJK4 pic.twitter.com/h6QmgZiYdY

— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 18, 2018

In brief remarks made at the outset of Friday’s White House summit on prison reform, President Donald Trump responded to the fatal shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, TX.

“This has been going on too long in our country,” Trump said. “Too many years, too many decades now. We grieve for the terrible loss of life and send our support and love to everyone affected by this absolutely horrific attack.”

Eight to 10 people have been reported dead in the shooting.

Watch above, via CBS.

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