Former president says he has rewritten speech in the light of shooting
President Joe Biden has postponed a planned trip to Texas today, where he was to speak on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B Johnson presidential library. An NBC News interview between Biden and anchor Lester Holt will now occur at the White House, instead of in Texas, as initially planned, Associated Press reports.
Here is the key passage from president Joe Biden’s response on Sunday to the shooting at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally at the weekend:
There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence for that matter.
An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation. Everything. It’s not who we are as a nation. It’s not America, and we cannot allow this to happen.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Former president says he has rewritten speech in the light of shooting President Joe Biden has postponed a planned trip to Texas today, where he was to speak on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B Johnson presidential library. An NBC News interview between Biden and anchor Lester Holt will now occur at the White House, instead of in Texas, as initially planned, Associated Press reports.Here is the key passage from president Joe Biden’s response on Sunday to the shooting at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally at the weekend:There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence for that matter.An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation. Everything. It’s not who we are as a nation. It’s not America, and we cannot allow this to happen. Continue reading…
