(CNN) When President Donald Trump was asked Wednesday what victims of mass shootings are telling him about gun laws, he did not answer directly. Instead, he boasted of "the love for me" among the people he visited in hospitals in El Paso and Dayton after the August massacres in those cities.

"Not only did they meet with me, they were pouring out of the room. The doctors were coming out of the operating rooms. There were hundreds and hundreds of people all over the floor," he said.

Facts First: Doctors did not leave any active operating rooms, spokespeople for both the El Paso and Dayton hospitals said. The Dayton spokesperson said doctors did not even leave any patient rooms.

"At no time did (or would) physicians or staff leave active operating rooms during the presidential visit. Our priority is always patient care," said Ryan Mielke, director of public affairs for the University Medical Center of El Paso.

"Our physicians and staff at no time leave an active operating room, procedural area, or patient room to greet anyone," said Ben Sutherly, director of system communications for the Premier Health network, of which Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton is a part.