Inside President Trump’s private meeting with the video game industry — and its critics

Republican lawmakers and conservative media critics pressed President Donald Trump to explore new restrictions on the video-game industry, arguing that violent games might have contributed to mass shootings like the recent attack at a high school in Parkland (FL). In a private meeting at the White House, also attended by several video-game executives, some participants urged President Trump to consider new regulations that would make it harder for children to purchase those games. Others asked the president to expand his inquiry to focus on violent movies and TV shows too. President Trump himself opened the meeting by showing “a montage of clips of various violent video games,” said Rep Vicky Hartzler (R-MO). Then, Rep Hartzler said the president would ask, “This is violent isn’t it?”