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must come together and get
strong background checks,
perhaps marrying this legislation
with desperately needed
immigration reform,” Trump
tweeted. “We must have
something good, if not GREAT,
come out of these two tragic
events!”
Many celebrities, including
Reese Witherspoon, Julianne
Moore, Don Cheadle,
“Riverdale” actress Lili Reinhart
and singer Lizzo called for
stronger gun control legislation
in social media posts over the
weekend. And country singer
Kacey Musgraves offered an
impassioned plea during her set
Sunday at Lollapalooza before
also turning to Twitter.
“I don’t know what the answer
is, but obviously something has to
be... done. Maybe somebody will
hear us if we all yell together and
say, ‘Somebody... do
something,’” she told the crowd
at the Chicago music festival,
using harsher language.
Though many celebrities
routinely speak out about gun
violence and other issues, they
are often criticized for wading
into policy-related discourse. On
Sunday, Cardi B responded to
such a fan, who tweeted that the
subject was beyond her “scope.”
The rapper disagreed with that
statement. She added: “this is my
country and I’m tired!”
Musgraves had a similar
exchange Monday afternoon,
after tweeting about her decision
to speak out. “I love keeping
things about the music and
usually stay out of politics
publicly UNTIL it barrels past
political party preference points
and dangerously encroaches on
fundamental rights,” she wrote.
“Hold your politicians
accountable. Hold the president
accountable,” she wrote in a
follow-up tweet. “Start paying
attention to actual ways we can
make change happen. I promise I
will too.”
— Bethonie Butlerinvasion of Texas.” No motive has
been established in Dayton.
Legend, who tweeted Sunday,
also focused on the El Paso
shooter’s reported beliefs, writing
that “we need our leaders to take
urgent action: take these
weapons of war off the street and
fight the evil ideology of white
nationalism that motivates many
of these terrorists.”
The EGOT winner then turned
to Trump, who has been accused
of using racist rhetoric since long
before he took office and has been
widely denounced in response to
his recent verbal attacks on four
Democratic congresswomen of
color and Rep. Elijah E.
Cummings (D-Md.), who is black.
On Sunday, at the top of his
HBO late-night show, John
Oliver also made connections
between the El Paso shooting and
Trump's rhetoric.
“Last Week Tonight” showed
footage of a May rally Trump held
in Panama City Beach, Fla., where
Trump told supporters that
Border Control agents weren’t
allowed to use weapons to deter
migrants. Trump asked: “How do
you stop these people? You can’t.”
“Shoot them,” one supporter
offered to loud cheers.
“That’s only in the Panhandle
you can get away with that
statement,” the president said
with a smile. “Only in the
Panhandle.”
“It is not only in the Panhandle
where you can get away with that
statement,” Oliver said. “You can
now get away with it all over the
country, and as he just made
painfully clear, in any room the
actual president is in, which is
absolutely appalling. And that is
something we cannot afford to
get numb to.”
On Monday, Trump urged the
country “to condemn racism,
bigotry and white supremacy.” As
reported by The Post, he did not
reference the gun reform
measures he proposed hours
earlier on Twitter.
“Republicans and Democratsarrested Saturday, could also face
federal hate crime charges.
Authorities think he authored a
lengthy manifesto that included
hateful references to “race
mixers” and “the Hispanicof your RACIST SUPPORTERS?”
Authorities said Sunday that
the 21-year-old man accused of
carrying out the El Paso attack
will be treated as a domestic
terrorist. The suspect, who wasThe Barbados native, who has
been critical of the president’s
immigration policies, also
referenced the recent shooting
that killed three people (the
singer mistakenly referenced six
deaths) at a California food
festival. “Imagine a world where
it’s easier to get an AK-47 than a
VISA,” she added.
Cardi B also responded
directly to Trump, who tweeted
that the FBI was working with
state and local law enforcement
to investigate the deadly attacks.
“We have enough information
already! Both of the shooters are
white supremacist terrorist with
intentions to kill” minorities, the
rapper wrote. “Law enforcement
took rapid action but what are
YOU going to do to control someCelebrities including Rihanna,
John Legend and Cardi B had
harsh words for President
Trump after two deadly mass
shootings that occurred within
24 hours over the weekend.
After a gunman killed 21
people Saturday at an El Paso
shopping center, Trump tweeted
that the massacre, which was
followed by another mass
shooting in Dayton, Ohio, less
than 24 hours later, “was not only
tragic, it was an act of cowardice.”
“Um... Donald, you spelt
‘terrorism’ wrong!” Rihanna
wrote in a scathing response.
“Your country had 2 terrorist
attacks back to back hours apart
leaving almost 30 innocent
people dead.” (The death toll rose
after her tweet.)
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‘Wicked women’ are just women who are
tired of injustice and abuse. Women who
refuse to follow rules and codes they don’t
believe are best for themselves or their
families. Women who won’t give up on
their voice and rights, even at the risk of
death or imprisonment or rejection by
their families and communities. If that is
wickedness, then the world needs more
wicked women.”
— Actress and activist Angelina
Jolie in a new essay for Elle
magazine about rebellious and
politically active women. Jolie,
who stars in the sequel
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” this
fall, is a longtime advocate for
global women’s and girls’ rights.baby are healthy, and we look
forward to many years of loving
the boy known as Hal,” George
Bush wrote on Instagram. Laura
Bush had a similarly sweet Insta-
announcement. “We are
overjoyed by the birth of our
darling grandson,” she wrote.
“Welcome to our family, Henry
Harold ‘Hal’ Hager!”It’s a boy for “Today” co-host
Jenna Bush Hager and her
husband, Henry Hager.
“Welcome to the world my
darling Henry Harold ‘Hal’
Hager!” she wrote in an
Instagram post Monday,
announcing his birth on Friday.
“Our life has never been sweeter.”
It’s the couple’s third child and
their first son. Bush Hager, the
daughter of former president
George W. Bush and the
granddaughter of the late former
president George H.W. Bush, also
posted a picture of her two
daughters, Mila and Poppy,
greeting the baby. “And our world
made even sweeter when our girls
met their baby brother,” she wrote.
When Bush Hager, 37,
announced that she was pregnant
in April, she said it had come as a
“little bit of a shock” since she had
previously experienced fertility
issues. “We weren’t really trying
to get pregnant,” Bush Hager said.
The former president and first
lady played proud grandparents.
“We thank God that mom andA first son for a former first daughter
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Jenna Bush Hager and husband
Henry have a son to go along
with their two daughters.LOVE, ETC.LEON BENNETT/GETTY IMAGES
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