After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, it was the White House that accused Democrats of immediately politicizing the tragedy by pushing for gun control. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)As I've long said, it's only “politicizing” if you disagree with the policy proposal. Republicans who disagree that gun control is the answer see this as Democrats seizing upon tragedy to push their anti-gun agenda. Democrats who disagree that the country should turn away immigrants see this as Trump seizing upon tragedy to push his anti-immigrant agenda. But his basic case about immigration laws needing to be strengthened isn't inherently politicizing tragedy any more than Democrats pushing gun control is politicizing tragedy.

Source: Washington Post November 01, 2017 17:26 UTC