CNN Invites Trump to Town Hall With Parkland Families

CNN will host a live town hall discussion Wednesday with parents and students from the Parkland, Florida high school where a shooter killed 17 students and staffers, the network announced Saturday.

CNN invited President Donald Trump and Florida officials — Gov. Rick Scott, Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla, and Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla, and Marco Rubio, R-Fla. — to participate in the event.

“Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” will air Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST, with network anchor Jake Tapper as moderator, the network said.

Deutch said Saturday afternoon that he would attend. “I will be there. The students, parents, teachers, first responders, and others in the Parkland community deserve to be heard,” Deutch wrote on Twitter.

Nelson also said in a Saturday tweet that he would attend.

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