The US President made an awkwardly timed joke about ice cream as he was preparing to speak about the devastating shooting in Nashville.
which unfolded in Nashville on Monday.
President Joe Biden made the uncomfortable joke before addressing the media about the Nashville shooting. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon The 80-year-old president then went on to discuss the shooting at the Covenant School, which left three students and three staff members dead after a gunwoman snuck into the building and launched an assault.“We have to do more to stop gun violence, it’s ripping our communities apart … ripping at the very soul of this nation,” President Biden said.
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