President Joe Biden has disappointed us numerous times in his long career and two years in the White House. He hit an all-time low this week, even for Joe, when he had two opportunities to address the Nashville shooting. The first was when he went to the podium soon after the shooting. The country needed a calming voice and some words of comfort after another taking of young lives by a senseless shooter. What the nation got was a lousy comedy improv about ice cream.
“I’m Joe Biden and I am Dr. Jill Biden’s husband. I came down here because I heard there was ice cream. I have freezer full upstairs, really, no joke. Chocolate Chip is my favorite.” And he then makes a silly face that would make Red Skeleton cringe. End of the show, try the veal!
This approach is what Joe and his staff thought was appropriate in a time of national tragedy. I agree with Senator Josh Hawley when he said this was so below the office of the President. If Biden was 25, you could chalk it up to immaturity and bad decision making. His only defense is he is 80, and the dementia is worse than any of us could imagine.
The second opportunity was when Joe Biden walked from Marine 1 to the White House. A reporter asked if Joe would designate the Nashville shooting as an anti-Christian hate crime. His first response was that he had not thought about that option. When the reporter rephrased the question saying that Senator Hawley said it was a hate crime. This question made the President laugh and decide that if Hawley thought it was a hate crime, then it must not be. Again, an opportunity to calm the nation and our President is laughing. Bad form, horrible form, Joe.
There was so much a serious leader could have said about the Nashville shooting. He could have lamented about the loss of three nine year old students. There are now three families that will never be the same. He could have talked about the three adults shot dead and denied the rest of their lives. Three more families changed forever.
He could have praised the brave police squad that showed they were prepared and trained for such a situation. These police officers, that are maligned by many, did not hesitate to walk toward the shooting, put their lives on the line, and neutralize the shooter ending the danger of the moment. These police officers only took fourteen minutes to arrive at the scene, ascertain the situation and walk selflessly into a deadly situation to save others.
Instead, the President immediately went on the offense against guns and Republicans. He spoke as if the guns had walked in and killed six people. Nothing about the deranged shooter who held the weapons and pulled the trigger. Nothing about the woman who posted her intentions on Social media. Nothing about the killer who divulged her intentions to a friend, who called Police, but was late with the information. BTW, the female shooter identified as a male on her social media profiles.
Joe Biden had a chance to be Presidential and unite the country as we again mourned another senseless shooting. Instead, he ordered two scoops on a waffle cone. Sad, very sad.
