(Joe) Walsh, the former GOP congressman from Illinois who has since become a vocal critic of former president Donald Trump and his allies in the Republican Party, tweeted he had “no … words” after hearing Olivarez’s comments.
“He actually said it,” Walsh wrote. “He actually said the cops were reluctant to engage the shooter because, ‘They could’ve been shot. They could’ve been killed.’”
Janice Dean, a senior meteorologist for Fox News, was among those echoing the disgust over law enforcement’s response.
“It’s like a fireman not going into a building because they might get burned,” Dean wrote.