Thread by @bennetkelley

1/5 In my lifetime, I can recall numerous times when a President has stepped forward not as head of the executive branch or to propose legislation, but as our healer and comforter-in-chief to bring together and reassure a weary nation. #healerinchief

2/5 They have provided a voice to our grief, as Reagan did after Challenger. #healerinchief #RonaldReagan

3/5 They have sought to unite and express resolve to stand together against "the forces of fear", hatred and violence as Clinton did in Oklahoma City. #healerinchief #BillClinton

4/5 Or lift us up with their words and deed as Obama did in his eulogy after the Charleston massacre. This is part of what it means to be President. #healerinchief #BarackObama

5/5/ Yet tomorrow, a person who has never sought to unite or heal the nation since taking office, is devoid of empathy and whose rhetoric has fueled these crimes, will travel to #ElPaso and #Dayton wholly incapable of being "presidential".