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Aurora theater shooting

Donald Trump Jr. joked about the Aurora theater shooting

Erica Meltzer

Oct. 18, 2016, 8:44 a.m.

Oct. 18, 2016, 8:44 a.m.

CNN’s KFile has audio of an appearance Donald Trump Jr. made on the “Opie and Anthony Show” in 2012. In it, they discuss the motives of the Aurora theater shooter and play audio from one of the witnesses, which prompts a joke from Trump Jr.

“Everything was going good until, uh, we saw gas and sparks, and sounded like really strong fireworks, uh, and then you just hear people yelling and actually just a few, uh, rows away from me a girl gets up holding her jaw. I guess she had got shot,” the witness said.

“Overall I give the movie two thumbs up,” Trump Jr. said in response.

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