It’s outrageous that President Joe Biden extended invitations to the three Democratic Tennessee state lawmakers who participated in a gun control protest in the state capitol on March 30, but failed to invite the families of the victims of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville. The Biden administration’s lack of empathy for the families of the victims of this tragic event is a testament to the false concern about gun violence Democrats have.
In the wake of the Covenant School shooting, Biden had the opportunity to extend a gesture of support and sympathy to the victims’ families. Instead, he chose to invite the three lawmakers who disrupted the state House of Representatives. Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were even voted to be expelled from the House, but were later reinstated.
It’s particularly concerning that the president saw fit to extend an invitation to the disruptive lawmakers, but not to the families of the victims. This is indicative of the Biden administration’s true intentions regarding gun control – to take guns away from law-abiding citizens in an effort to control the population and limit their rights to bear arms.
Biden’s press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had nothing to say in response to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy’s question as to why the families of the victims haven’t been invited to the White House. She danced around the question, claiming that the president is “focused on getting things done” and “making sure that we are protecting our communities, that we’re protecting our schools, that we’re protecting our churches, we’re protecting our grocery stores.”
Although these are all admirable goals, they do not excuse the president from his duty to support the victims of gun violence and their families. It is unacceptable that the Biden administration has chosen to extend an invitation to those who disrupted the House of Representatives, but not to those who were affected by the tragedy.
The Biden administration’s lack of empathy for the families of the victims of the Covenant School shooting is a huge red flag. It’s time for the president to put aside his false concern about gun violence and show some real empathy to those who have suffered. The victims’ families deserve an apology and an invitation to the White House. Anything less is unacceptable.