President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are visiting Lewiston, Maine, on Friday afternoon in the wake of last week's mass shootings that left 18 dead and…
The Bidens traveled to Maine to spend time with the family members of the victims, community members and first responders personally impacted by the tragic events of last weekOn his visit to Lewiston, Maine, on Friday afternoon, President Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks paying respect to the victims of the mass shootings and the first responders who helped. The speech will be livestreamed on this page.
The Lewiston, Maine, community came together during a high school football game Wednesday, and they got some high-profile well-wishes. People who live and work in this community say the President’s visit is symbolic of the entire nation’s support and love for this community in their time of immense grief.
“There are too many other schools, too many other everyday places that have become killing fields, battlefields here in America,” Biden said during a speech on gun violence last year.
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