*(Via Daily Mail) – Donald Trump is trying to set up a meeting with Jacob Blake’s family during his visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday after the shooting victim’s father said the president should have called earlier this week and mother says she missed his call.
The president’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump revealed to Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace that Trump has reached out to Blake’s family and wants to meet with them this week.
“He’s reached to the Blake family. I don’t know if they were able to connect yet. And I don’t know for sure if that’s on the agenda,” Trump said during her interview Sunday morning. “I’m sure, given the opportunity, he’ll be more than happy to do that. But I haven’t gotten that information just yet.”
The White House announced Saturday that Trump will visit Kenosha on Tuesday following days of protests in the city after another police shooting of a black man.
Trump is already scheduled to meet with ‘law enforcement and survey damage from recent riots’, White House spokesman Judd Deere told reporters aboard Air Force One Saturday.
He did not say at the time if the president will meet the family of Blake, who was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot multiple times in the back by police officers.
Ben Crump, Blake’s attorney who also represents George Floyd’s family, said the Blakes have not yet made any contact with the president.
“The Blake family has not been contacted at this time. Blake family is very respectful of all our elected officials, and as his mother says, she prays for all of our elected officials,” Crump told CBS News’ ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday.
He added: “So, we will see.”
“They’re focused on trying to march for their son because he’ll never be able to stand up for himself unless a miracle happens,” Crump said.
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