Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed Thursday that President Joe Biden was uniquely qualified to handle the question of gun reform moving forward – citing his decades of experience in Washington working to combat gun violence — but New York Times White House correspondent Michael Shear objected.
Shear pressed Jean-Pierre for specifics as he noted that, in spite of Biden’s years of work, the problem of gun violence did not seem to be getting any better.
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“Isn’t that more of an indictment than it is a plus?” @shearm asks when @PressSec touts Biden’s four decades of work on gun violence. “It’s not being fixed. These things are happening over and over again.” pic.twitter.com/2TzxEYGabn
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