Trump’s response to tragedy reflects a 'pattern' of 'cruelty' — not a one-off

Just the attempts to even explain away the president's in incivility is hardly even existent at this point. I mean, this isn't even what parents teach kids. This is just basic empathy. This is just basic decency for fellow mankind.And yet, what you have seen here from the president of the United States is not a first. We watched him not comment on the assassination of Melissa Hortman when a gunman killed a police officer down in Georgia after he fired 180 shots at CDC headquarters. The president of the Unit ...