A visibly shaken up President Obama just gave a brief statement to assembled members of the White House press corps to address last night’s tragic murder of 9 people in South Carolina. Video:
Full video: Watch President Obama's statement on the tragic #CharlestonShooting. http://t.co/LkxrbDmWQQ
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) June 18, 2015
But toward the end of his remarks, the president did get political and express his frustration that the climate in D.C. is such that he can’t get any of his gun control legislation passed. He went on to say that, “it’s important for the American people to come to grips with this, how to deal with issue of gun violence collectively.”
“I’ve had to make statements like this too many times,” says Obama
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 18, 2015
“It is in our power to do something about it” says Obama referring to gun control
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 18, 2015
Pres. Obama: "Once again" someone who wanted to inflict mass harm had no problem obtaining a gun – @ABCNewsLive pic.twitter.com/M4DYQ2zHYS
— ABC News (@ABC) June 18, 2015
Pres. Obama: "At some point," US has to "reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence doesn't happen in other advanced countries."
— ABC News (@ABC) June 18, 2015
Obama says that Americans have to “come to grips” with reality that gun violence like this doesn’t happen in other countries
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 18, 2015
“At some point it's important for the American people to come to grip with this, how to deal with issue of gun violence collectively” —Obama
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) June 18, 2015
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