President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden visited the town of Uvalde in Texas to pay their respects to the 19 children and two adults killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
The Bidens arrived on Air Force One to an airfield in San Antonio, where they greeted Texas governor Greg Abbott on the tarmac in a meeting that has already drawn opprobrium online. Abbott’s pro-gun stance has been the subject of intense scrutiny over the past week—most notably when former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourkeduring a press conference on Wednesday. After the presidential convoy made its journey to Uvalde, Abbott was greeted with a chorus of boos.
President Biden also acknowledged members of the community who called out to him from behind the crowd barriers, all urging him to take action on the uniquely lax gun laws that continue to mark the U.S. as an outlier within the Western world.Following the memorial visit, the Bidens went on to attend Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, kneeling before the cross at the altar and then taking their seats for the service.
Serving as the backdrop to today’s proceedings was the annual N.R.A. convention this weekend, at which former President Donald Trump argued in an address that the shooting should strengthen the case for regular citizens to be armed. Still, despite the pressures of the gun lobby, a bipartisan group of senators isto meet this week to discuss potential measures that could impose new restrictions on access to weapons in a number of states.
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