Donald Trump wouldn't know a sensitive reaction if it bit his nose off

Donald Trump wouldn't know a sensitive reaction if it bit his nose off.

Dear Donald:

When someone has been senselessly killed as a bystander in a violent altercation, here are a couple of ways you, as a political candidate, might consider responding:

1. Express sympathy.

While "thoughts and prayers" kind of messages can be considered crass or meaningless if action (by those in a position to act) doesn't follow, it's still an appropriate social response to lead with.

2. Suggest that this kind of violence must not be tolerated and that you have a plan to avert future, further violence.

That can seem exploitative if not handled well, but certainly conveys the idea that you will back up words with actions, even if unspecific ones.

What you shouldn't do is the following:

3. Assert that such violence proves you are right, and that therefore people will (not should, not might, not reasonably ought to, but will) vote for you.

Believe it or not, Donald, not everything is about you. Really. It's not about you being right. It's not about people voting for you. It's about an awful occurrence that resulted in an untimely death of a woman and is symptomatic of a much larger problem.

Clapping yourself on the back for your being "right" echoes the same sort of self-focused buffoonery you engaged in after the Nice attack. And it demonstrates once again your lack of temperament (and mouth control) to be President of the United States.

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