The president and first lady will meet with survivors of the shooting that left 18 dead.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Oct. 30, 2023. The Bidens will travel to Lewiston, Maine, on Friday to visit shooting survivors. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/APPresident Joe Biden and the first lady will travel on Friday to Lewiston, Maine, to meet with survivors of a mass shooting that left 18 people dead and injured more than a dozen others.
“The President and First Lady will pay respects to the victims of this horrific attack and grieve with families and community members, as well as meet with first responders, nurses, and others on the front lines of the response,” the White House said in a statement. Biden and his administration has invested in community violence intervention. Following back-to-back shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, in 2022, the White House worked with a bipartisan coalition in Congress to pass the first gun legislation into law in nearly three decades. That deal, signed by Biden in June 2022, toughened background checks for young gun buyers, helped states implement red flag laws and kept firearms from more domestic violence offenders.
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