CNN’s Van Jones interviewed James Shaw Jr. last night. Shaw is the man who disarmed a gunman at a Nashville-area Waffle House during a shooting that killed four.
Shaw has been incredibly humble about the incident, telling press immediately afterward “I’m not a hero. I’m just a regular person. I think anybody could’ve did what I did if they’re just pushed in that kind of cage, and you have to either react or you’re going to, you know, fold.”
While speaking to Van Jones, the CNN host tried to bait Shaw into attacking President Trump. “You touched the whole world,” Jones said. “I mean all you have to say is Waffle House hero. Everybody knows who you are. Have you heard yet from President Trump?” Shaw replied, “At this time I haven’t heard anything, but that is not to say he didn’t try to contact me or not.”
“So he hasn’t successfully contacted you, you know, but he gave a shout out to, you know, gave a shout out to Kanye today,” Jones said as he tried to provoke Shaw. “No shout out to you. How do feel when the President of the United States misses an opportunity, to hold up, you know, somebody who is trying to do good stuff like you?”
His response wasn’t what Jones wanted. “I know he has a busy agenda, busy schedule. Maybe he just hasn’t gotten around to me and maybe my time is coming. It’s not for me to judge whether what he does is just, you know, I did what I did. I didn’t really do for recognition, I did it just to save my life, honestly.”
Watch below:
https://youtu.be/CFXbhh-bEdY?t=5m47s
Earlier in the week, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump would like Shaw to be invited to the White House, but that hasn’t yet been arranged.
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