“Tomorrow, the President and First Lady will travel to Pennsylvania to express the support of the American people and grieve with the Pittsburgh community,” she added.
Some Pittsburgh Jewish leaders say Trump is not welcome
The Jewish community has a mixed response to Trump’s plan to visit. The leaders of a liberal Jewish group in Pittsburg wrote an open letter to the President saying he was not welcome until he has “fully denounce white nationalism.”
“Our Jewish community is not the only group you have targeted. You have also deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Yesterday’s massacre is not the first act of terror you incited against a minority group in our country,” according to the leaders of Bend the Arc: a Jewish partnership for justice.
On the other hand, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Synagogue said the President is welcome. According to him, “It would be my honor to always meet a president of the United States,” during an interview with NBC.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter said “I just want to kill Jews”
The shooter identified as Robert Gregory Bowers expressed hatred against Jewish people while shooting inside the Tree of Life Synagogue. He killed 11 people and injured six others including law enforcement officers on Saturday.
