*At Tuesday afternoon’s White House press briefing, Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the Trump administration had reached out to James Shaw Jr., the young man credited with taking down another white male terrorist who left four people dead at a Nashville-area Waffle House.
To date, Donald Trump has not commented publicly on Shaw’s heroism, most likely because he’s black and the shooter wasn’t a Muslim…. and his victims weren’t white.
“My understanding is that there has been an outreach effort to bring him here to the White House,” Sanders claimed.
Watch the moment via the clip above.
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Sanders on President Trump meeting with Waffle House shooting hero, James Shaw Jr.: “My understanding is that there has been an outreach effort to bring him here to the White House. And I will keep you updated on that as I have more information.” https://t.co/QLRrbH8UqR pic.twitter.com/5pk7peYCGh
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 1, 2018
But according to journalist Yashar Ali, Shaw hasn’t heard anything from the White House since the shooting took place.
I just spoke to James Shaw and he tells me he has not heard from the White House yet…to be clear, they did not say they reached out to him directly, just wanted to note that James has not heard from the White House. https://t.co/NQsaaHhHXD
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) May 1, 2018
Ali noted that Shaw not hearing directly from the White House doesn’t necessarily mean there hasn’t been any effort on the part of the administration. But if the POTUS is beaten to the punch by a local hockey team, well, it’s certainly not a good look.
Meanwhile, Shaw has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the victims of the deadly Waffle House attack. He initially wanted to raise $15,000, but the site collected over $188,000 as of early Sunday morning.
“Please take the time to donate as all of the proceeds will be given to the families. Thank you again for your generosity and blessings!” according to a message from Shaw on the site.
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