Rep. Cicilline criticizes Pres. Trump’s response to London attacks

By: Rebecca Turco

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – President Trump’s latest tweets criticizing the Mayor of London after last weekend’s terrorist attack has Congressman David Cicilline calling for “grown-up leadership.”

The president first offered his condolences over the weekend, then a few hours later, criticized London’s mayor on Twitter, saying: "At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and mayor of London says there is no reason to be alarmed!"

The tweet appears to misconstrue a statement by the mayor, where he alerted Londoners about heightened police activity.

"When you display the kind of insensitivity and crude behavior, that you criticize the mayor of the city and taking a comment out of context – that doesn’t reflect the great values of the extraordinary people of this country," said Cicilline.

Trump tweeted again Monday morning: "Pathetic excuse by London mayor Sadiq Khan, who had to think fast on his ‘no reason to be alarmed’ statement."

Joe Trillo, Trump’s honorary campaign chair for Rhode Island, argues there is no reason for this political back-and-forth: "The democrats just continue to play pure politics with everything that Trump says. I don’t care what it is – they put a negative spin on it."

Kahn’s spokesman brushed off Trump’s comments, saying the mayor had more important things to do than respond.

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