Tweet from Trump's account offers condolences for the wrong mass shooting
President Donald Trump tweeted condolences about a mass shooting late Tuesday evening, but it referenced the attack on the church in Sutherland Springs, Texas from more than a week ago.
The tweet appeared to have been deleted as of Wednesday morning.
Trump returned to the White House Tuesday night from a five-nation Asia tour.
Caught quickly by Twitter users, several news outlets and archived by deleted-Trump-tweet accounts, the tweet read: “May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI and Law Enforcement has arrived.”
The shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs happened on Nov. 5.
People wondered whether the president - or possibly a staffer tweeting for him - meant to
reference the shootings on Tuesday in Rancho Tehama, Calif. that left at least four people dead.
He had tweeted a similar message after the Sutherland Springs attack, which occurred while he was in Asia.
That tweet read: “May God be w/ the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI & law enforcement are on the scene. I am monitoring the situation from Japan.”
May God be w/ the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI & law enforcement are on the scene. I am monitoring the situation from Japan.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2017
Some people speculated that a saved draft had accidentally been tweeted. But many Twitter users slammed Trump, some accusing him of copy-and-paste condolences.
“At least get your mass shootings right, Mr President. This was last week. The new one is in California,” British talk show host Piers Morgan tweeted.
At least get your mass shootings right, Mr President. This was last week. The new one is in California. https://t.co/PP9PplvM4r
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 15, 2017
Did u just copy & paste this & forget to change the city?
— Name cannot be blank (@cadillaccannon) November 15, 2017
No way. I thought people were joking. Donald Trump actually did tweet about the wrong mass shooting. Good lord. I know he's not the brightest, but it's wild we have such a big issue that POTUS can mix up the tragedies. pic.twitter.com/ec9ho0gUsJ
— Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) November 15, 2017
The President of the United States is tweeting at midnight about the wrong mass shooting and it's like the 500th most insane Trump story of the week.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) November 15, 2017
This tweet was sent 2 hours ago.
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 15, 2017
The shooting in Sutherland Springs happened on November 5th, which was 9 days ago.
I hope the FBI and law enforcement didn’t take that long to arrive. https://t.co/8bYtCg0iuO
For god's sake, we had a TOTALLY DIFFERENT mass shooting today, in Northern California. Can you make an effort to keep up with the carnage #ThoughtsAndPrayers, please?
— Kristi (@vbosch) November 15, 2017
Also: *have* arrived
This story was originally published November 15, 2017 at 8:19 AM with the headline "Tweet from Trump's account offers condolences for the wrong mass shooting."