Texas school shooting prompts President Biden to demand action on guns

“When in God’s title are we going to face as much as the gun foyer?” Biden stated on the White Home shortly after getting back from a five-day journey to Asia that was bookended by tragedy.

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With first girl Jill Biden standing by his aspect within the Roosevelt Room, Biden added, “I’m sick and drained. We have now to behave.”

No less than 18 college students have been killed, in accordance with a state senator who stated he was briefed by legislation enforcement, along with a trainer.

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Simply two days earlier than Biden left on his journey, he met with victims’ households after a hate-motivated shooter killed 10 Black folks at a grocery retailer in Buffalo, New York.

The back-to-back tragedies served as sobering reminders of the frequency and brutality of an American epidemic of mass gun violence.

“These sorts of mass shootings not often occur wherever else on this planet,” Biden stated. “Why?”

He directed that American flags be flown at half-staff by sundown Saturday in honor of the victims in Texas.

Vice President Kamala Harris stated earlier that individuals usually declare in moments like this, “our hearts break – however our hearts hold getting damaged … and our damaged hearts are nothing in comparison with the damaged hearts of these households.”

“We have now to have the braveness to take motion … to make sure one thing like this by no means occurs once more,” she stated.

White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated Biden was briefed on the capturing by deputy chief of workers Jen O’Malley-Dillon and different members of his senior workforce aboard Air Drive One.

Shortly earlier than touchdown in Washington, Biden spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from the presidential airplane “to supply any and all help he wants within the wake of the horrific capturing in Uvalde, TX,” White Home communications director Kate Bedingfield tweeted.