None of the eight patients still under care at University Medical Center after being shot in an El Paso Walmart last weekend consented to a visit from President Donald Trump on Wednesday. TheWashington Post reports that two of the injured victims did return with family members to greet the president. Ryan Mielke, spokesperson for University Medical Center, said that the patients were under no obligation to meet the president. “This is a very sensitive time in their lives,” Mielke said. “Some of them said they didn’t want to meet with the president. Some of them didn’t want any visitors.” Mielke did say that before Trump’s visit, many of the hospitalized patients accepted visits from local elected officials and Democratic lawmakers.
