A spokesman for the city's Democratic mayor, Bill Peduto, said he was invited but will not be appearing with the president. Peduto had urged Trump not to visit Pittsburgh until after the funerals for the victims had concluded, saying, "all attention [Tuesday] should be on the victims."

Peduto also added: "We do not have enough public safety officials to provide enough protection at the funerals and to be able at the same time draw attention to a potential presidential visit."

Senator Pat Toomey was also invited to join Trump in Pittsburgh, but a spokesman said Toomey will be attending previously scheduled commitments in the southeastern part of the state. Toomey has attended a vigil and met with law enforcement officials and Jewish leaders in Pittsburgh since the shooting, spokesman Steve Kelly said. Senator Bob Casey who is scheduled to attend a service in southeastern Pennsylvania when Trump visits Pittsburgh, did not get an invitation from the White House, a spokesman said.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, both Democrats, are also not expected to attend with the president. Representative Mike Doyle who represents the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood of Pittsburgh where the shooting occurred, has not been invited by the White House, according to a spokesman, nor was Representative Conor Lamb, another Pittsburgh-area congressman, according to a person close to him.

City and local officials, who were not given any advance notice of the White House's plans before they were announced, are expecting at least two protests to coincide with the funerals. "No one wants him to come here today," said one person involved in the planning of the events. There are also concerns, the official said, that the visit could hinder the travel of grieving families.