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Despite calls to stay away, Trump heads to Pittsburgh after synagogue massacre

Pittsburgh • President Trump plans to visit this city Tuesday despite pleas from the mayor and some Jewish leaders that he stay away — and accusations that he and his administration have fueled anti-Semitism through their rhetoric, both before and after Saturday’s massacre inside a synagogue.

The president and first lady Melania Trump are scheduled to arrive here in the late afternoon, several hours after the first funerals are held for the 11 victims of the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue.

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, who has called out “hate” in U.