President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit Pennsylvania on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of last week’s mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue, the White House announced Monday, even as the mayor of Pittsburgh publicly requested that the trip be postponed until after the funerals. The White House announcement comes as tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the president to refrain from visiting the city until he denounces white nationalism. President Trump speaks to members of the media before leaving the White House on Friday. White House officials said earlier Monday that they were pushing the president to cancel a potential speech Tuesday on immigration and visit Pittsburgh instead. “The very first thing that the president did was to condemn the attacks, both in Pittsburgh and in the pipe bombs,” Sanders said.

Source: Washington Post October 29, 2018 18:44 UTC