After mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, ABC News Politics is comparing the responses of presidents to mass shootings — and how also “beyond leading mourning, they’ve been frustrated pushing stricter gun laws.” Barack Obama famously called the Sandy Hook massacre the saddest day of his presidency, and ABC News remembers how he spoke of his frustration trying to pass gun control in an interview with Oprah Winfrey years later.
The piece really isn’t about presidents acting as ‘consoler in chief’ as much as it is their efforts to pass gun control legislation after the shootings. Michelle Stoddart, turning to President Biden, notes that “Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas mocked the proposals from Biden and Democrats at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on how to stop gun violence.”
So how is the mass shooting in Boulder a defining moment for Biden? His visit to Atlanta for his “I feel your pain” moment did bring CNN’s correspondent to tears, though.
Consoler in chief: A president's response to a mass shooting is a defining moment. https://t.co/O2rCkjb8Xi
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 25, 2021
— Oppo (@TheRealOppo) March 25, 2021
wut
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) March 25, 2021
His response to the recent gun violence was a four minute diatribe about infrastructure
— voidware (@voidware) March 25, 2021
Taking about infrastructure in response to the gun question was quite defining.
— ??? ?????????? (@dgoldwas) March 25, 2021
Still not sure what bridges have to do with it.
— Esthier (@Esthier1) March 25, 2021
Was the part about fixing the air conditioners in schools the “defining moment”?
— Hollaria Briden (@HollyBriden) March 25, 2021
He talked about infrastructure instead.
Powerful and compelling.
— Neandeplorable (@Neandeplorable) March 25, 2021
…….by reading ……prepared notes from his staff………
— Mitch (@dtegg32) March 25, 2021
Puff piece after puff piece. Media is a joke.
— Nick (@NickAtNight128) March 25, 2021
Maybe it's just me, but I don't need the president to be America's Daddy, but rather (imagine this for a second) the leader of the executive branch of the federal government.
— White Chocolate (@rhodeislander) March 25, 2021
Thank you for your work promoting our amazing Dear Leader.
— Phil James (@JMorgan2278) March 25, 2021
Can you at least try to be neutral?
— durrhurr durr (@hambdmah) March 25, 2021
There were a ton of deafening moments. Perhaps your spellcheck kicked in at the wrong time.
— SHANTO (@shantok) March 25, 2021
You people are worthless.
— Tim Andrews ?? (@Andrews78Toads) March 25, 2021
My rifles aren’t for sale. Have a nice day.
— Green Hornet, Teal Seam 6. (@Shanti__Ananda) March 25, 2021
Behold Peak Clown World, brought to you by ABC ?
— Jackie Wright ?? (@Joes1Neuron) March 25, 2021
Just blow Biden already.
— The Man (@DawgMan78) March 25, 2021
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‘When I came to the Senate 120 years ago’: Detailed play-by-play thread of Biden’s presser shows what a DISASTER it really was https://t.co/j2lmAiv8v0
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 25, 2021
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