Clinton calls Dallas Mayor to offer support. Trump calls NYPD to offer photo op.
It was not widely reported, but Hillary Clinton quietly called Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Friday to express her sympathy and solidarity, and to offer support, according to Jennifer Epstein of Bloomberg News:
Meanwhile, back at tacky clueless Orangeland, Donald Trump’s “head of security” thought it would be helpful (to the campaign, that is) to turn tragedy into a photo opportunity:
On Friday morning a rep from Donald Trump's Manhattan organization asked the city's top cop to let the candidate speak to a 3 p.m. roll call at the NYPD Midtown North Precinct. The request came in the wake of the murders of five Dallas police officers Thursday during a protest over police shooting.
But as Leslie Salzillo said in a Kos post, Commissioner Bill Bratton BLASTED the idea:
"Our interest is staying out of the politics of the moment, and not to provide photo ops," he told reporters. "If Mr. Trump wants to speak to me, I would be happy to brief him on what we’re doing. If Sen. Clinton wants to speak to me, I would very happy to brief her on what we’re doing. But we are not in the business of providing photo ops for our candidates.”
So, who looks presidential, and who looks like a classless opportunistic amateurish oaf?