US President Joe Biden has addressed the public reeling from the horrific mass shooting at a Texas primary school. 7NEWS
Watch the vide above to see Biden speak on the Texas tragedyBiden offered Texas Governor Greg Abbott any assistance needed in the wake of the “horrific shooting” that killed 18 students, one teacher and two other adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
“As a nation, we have to ask, when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun laws ... and do what we know in our gut needs to be done? The suspected gunman, Salvador Ramos, 18, is believed to have used a handgun and possibly a rifle, first shooting his grandmother before driving to the school and committing the massacre.Credit:“It’s time to turn this pain into action. It’s time to act.”
The shooting hands Biden, already facing the lowest approval ratings of his presidency, another crisis on top of 40-year high inflation rates and a war in Ukraine.
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