Former President Donald Trump shared his condolences for the victims and their families of a recent school shooting in Iowa during a campaign stop in the Hawkeye State -- and then urged his supporters to "get over it."
Trump made the comments at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa on Friday, just one day after an 11-year-old boy was shot to death and seven others were injured.
"I want to send our support and our deepest sympathies to the victims and families touched by the terrible school shooting yesterday in Perry, Iowa," Trump said. "It's just horrible. It's so surprising to see it here, but you have to get over it. We have to move forward."
"But to the relatives and to all of the people that are so devastated right now to a point they can't breathe, they can't live, we are with you all the way," he added.
Trump's somewhat harsh rhetoric comes after a gunman entered Perry High School on Thursday morning with a pump-action shotgun and handgun. He shot and killed one student, sixth grader Ahmir Jolliff. Four other students and three staff members, including the school principal, were injured.
The shooting happened shortly before classes started on the first day of school after the holiday break. It started in the cafeteria, where students from several grades were eating breakfast, then spilled outside the cafeteria, the Associated Press reported.
The suspect, 17-year-old Dylan Butler, then shot and killed himself as law enforcement responded.
