President Biden and first lady Jill Biden are in Maine to meet with families of the victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston.
The president lamented the loss of life in the mass shooting. 'Eighteen precious souls stolen. Thirteen wounded,' he said. '...All of them lived lives of love and service and sacrifice.'Mr. Biden also called attention to the survivors of the shooting. 'We also remember the survivors who will forever carry the memories and the physical and emotional scars of this,' he said.
''Regardless of our politics, this is about protecting our freedom to go to a bowling alley, a restaurant a school, a church — without being shot and killed,' the president said.'Scripture says the Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit — and saves the crushed in spirit,' the president said. 'Our prayer is that the crushed in spirit survive this more rapidly than otherwise.
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