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President Trump has arrived in El Paso to visit the Texas city as it reels from Saturday’s mass shooting at a Walmart that left 22 people dead.

Touching down just before 2:40 p.m. local time, the president and first lady Melania Trump were greeted on the tarmac by Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, Gov. Greg Abbott and El Paso Mayor Dee Margo.

Trump’s visit was met with a reception divided between support and protests, as was his stop earlier Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio.

Both cities are recovering from horrific mass shootings over the weekend, which left a cumulative 31 people dead.

In the El Paso attack, Patrick Crusius, 21 — armed with an AK-47-style rifle and a hatred of Hispanic immigrants — allegedly gunned down back-to-school shoppers at a packed Walmart. 

Prosecutors have announced that they will seek the death penalty for Crusius, charged with capital murder.

Trump’s itinerary in El Paso wasn’t immediately disclosed, but in Dayton, he visited victims and first responders at a hospital.

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