Our flag was still flying at half-staff for the victims of the horrific murder of eight, primarily Asian American people in Georgia. And 10 more lives were taken in a mass murder in Colorado. You probably didn`t hear it, but between those two incidents less than one week apart, there were more than 850 additional shootings. 850 that took the lives of more than 250 people and left 500 -- 500 injured. This is an epidemic, for god`s sake. And it has to stop.
Joe Biden: “Our flag was still flying at half-staff for the victims of the horrific murder of eight, primarily Asian American people…”
On the recordApril 8, 2021
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President Biden addresses the gun violence epidemic in the U.S. following multiple mass shootings.
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