El Paso victims refused to meet with Trump after he turned Dayton visit into a campaign stop

President Donald Trump visited El Paso and Dayton after two mass shootings killed 31 people and injured dozens of others last weekend but none of the eight El Paso victims still being treated at University Medical Center agreed to meet him, The Washington Post reports.

“This is a very sensitive time in their lives. Some of them said they didn’t want to meet with the president, some of them didn’t want any visitors,” UMC spokesman Ryan Mielke told The Post. The patients also refused to meet with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who also visited on Wednesday. Two victims that had already been discharged were the only ones who agreed to meet with the president.

Despite their reluctance to meet with Trump and Cruz, The Post reported that numerous hospitalized victims had met with city and county officials, as well as Democratic Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar and Illinois Rep. Chuy Garcia.

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