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Things you should know today: 2/23/18

The Latest: Trump blames armed officer at FL high school

Andrew Harnik

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, to travel to Oxon Hill, Md. to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

President Donald Trump spoke with reporters before leaving for the Conservative Political Action Conference, saying the armed officer who didn't stop the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week was either a “coward” or “didn’t react properly under pressure.”

Missouri governor defiant after indictment linked to affair

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A booking photo provided by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department shows Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. A St. Louis grand jury has indicted Greitens on a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015, the city circuit attorney's office said Thursday. Greitens' attorney issued a scathing statement challenging the indictment. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has been indicted for felony invasion of privacy by a St. Louis jury, which alleges he took a compromising photo of a woman during an extramarital affair.

Florida man yells ‘murderers!’ as he’s put to death

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This undated photo made available by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows Eric Scott Branch in custody. Florida executed Branch Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, for raping and killing a college students in 1993 so he could steal her car. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement via AP)

Inmate Eric Scott Branch yelled “murderers! murderers! murderers!” as he was being put to death for the 1993 rape and killing of college student Susan Morris.

#BoycottNRA

https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/967017321792462848

Major companies are ending their relationships with the NRA as a boycott trends on Twitter.

Make A Song Stink

https://twitter.com/MusicalHashtags/status/967051214125961216

https://twitter.com/robyndwoskin/status/967051305012416513

https://twitter.com/JunkyWithAMonkE/status/967053524612927494

Another Twitter trend encourages users to 'make a song stink.'