Posted on 11/03/2023 3:15:23 PM PDT by DoodleBob
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Maine to grieve with a community reeling from a mass shooting that left 18 people dead and 13 others wounded.
The Bidens arrived in Lewiston on Friday afternoon, where they met with survivors, families of the victims and first responders. They were greeted upon their arrival by Governor Janet Mills, Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline and other local officials.
Their first stop was Schemengees Bar, one of the locations of last week's mass shooting. Biden carried a bouquet of white flowers in one hand and held the first lady’s hand in the other as they stopped at a memorial placed outside the bar with candles and signs, and held a moment of silence.
Biden then delivered remarks at the bowling alley where the gunman first stopped on Oct. 25. There, he took a moment to pay respect to the victims and renew his call for greater gun control measures.
"No pain is the same but we know what it's like to lose a piece of our soul, and the depths of loss is so profound. Some of us have been there," Biden said.
"Eighteen precious souls stolen, 13 wounded: Children, grandchildren, spouses, siblings, parents, grandparents, bowling coaches, union workers, beloved members, advocates and friends of Lewiston's deaf and hard of hearing community. All of them lived lives of love and service and sacrifice."
While Biden didn't explicitly renew his call for an assault weapons ban, as he urged the day after the shooting, he said its time for "commonsense" reforms.
"This is about commonsense, reasonable, responsible measures to protect our children, our families, our communities…Because regardless of our politics, this is about protecting our freedom to go to a bowling alley, a restaurant, a school, a church, without being shot and killed."
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Bet he never mentioned the big sign for the Bowling Alley that said "GUN FREE ZONE".
“President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Maine to grieve with a community reeling from a mass shooting”
That and pick up a few checks and sniff some underage hair.
Looks like FJB is taking longer and longer to try and memorize what “they” want him to say . . .
“No pain is the same but we know what it’s like to lose a piece of our soul, and the depths of loss is so profound. Some of us have been there,” Biden said.
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Mo mention of Beau Biden???
His puppeteers musta told him, that particular lie is getting old.
Bets on whether he’ll fall asleep during the event?
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Mr.President I’m beside myself,(sobbing) you’re such a hero, can’t you find a way to prevent individuals from owning guns? Just send troops to rip them away from those crazy gun owners’ hands. Put them in prison or something. Please, please....
Biden: I’ll do it right after my Delaware vacation.
Does Biden ever memorize anything? It seems that he reads from Teleprompters or cards.
Biden still hasn’t gone to Palestine, Ohio...
How about reopening the mental hospitals that were closed down in the 1970s and the crazies dumped on the street. That was when mass shootings really took off!
Semi-auto rifles have been around since 1906, yet in those days there were few mass murders. One in 1949 in New Jersey when a crazy killed people with a Luger pistol, the Richard Speck who murdered student nurses with a knife and a strangling cord, and Charles Whitman in Austin who used a bolt action hunting rifle.
Almost every mass murderer since has shown signs of mental illness that would have gotten them incarcerated in a mental asylum.
Problem is, if we open the mental wards back up and use the 1950s standards for incarceration the first in line would be members of the Biden administration.
the police who KNEW what was coming,
and did NOTHING,
should be fired; if not tried at GITMO.
A two-bit, worthless politician dancing the jig in the blood of the victims. Excellent photo opportunity for the Dung Beetle prez.
Biden was told that they were serving ice cream.
We know how Biden grieves. I hope his handlers take his watch before he starts meeting people or before any ceremonies.
Mo mention of Beau Biden???
Not specifically, but the locals were like “we know the depths of your grief”, or something like that.
I am sorry for the victims’ families, but the democrats turned it into a real sob fest.
If the truth was known, Dr. Jill wanted Jo Jo to take her to Maine so they could see the foliage. He doesn’t care about any mass shooting.
He went their to campaign for gun controls.
We could use an update on that situation. I wonder if it’s all cleaned up yet.
Maybe Butt-a-what’s-his-name could give us an update. Like he even gives a 💩
“...Children, grandchildren, spouses, siblings, parents, grandparents, bowling coaches, union workers...”
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