It’s impossible to stay away from partisan politics after Monday’s Nashville shooting, the White House said Tuesday, arguing Republicans must support legislation in Congress.
Deputy Chief Press Secretary Olivia Dalton made the statement to reporters during a press briefing aboard Air Force One. She explained that partisan politics would be a necessary part of the conversation until Republicans can “get behind” an assault weapons ban and other gun control measures.
“This is another attack at a school – six people shot dead. Without getting into partisan politics, what about America that allows this to happen and we don’t see a meaningful momentum for gun control?” asked a reporter.
“What you have seen from this President is a commitment to action, adding the most significant bipartisan gun safety legislation in 30 years… This President has been extremely forward-leaning and aggressive in attempting to address this gun safety issue… but there is a limit to his.” Executive power and Congress needs to do more at this moment,” Dalton replied.
SHOOTING IN TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE POLICE RELEASE SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF AN ATTACK ON COVENANT SCHOOL THAT KILLED 6
President Biden exits the White House in Washington and heads to Marine One on the South Lawn, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Partisan politics are necessary to force Republicans to support gun control legislation, the White House argued Tuesday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
White House says it’s ‘impossible’ to stay away from party politics after Nashville school shooting (Metro Nashville Police Department)
“They asked me to stay away from party politics here, but that’s impossible for me,” she continued. “The reality is that we Republicans in Congress need to get on board with a ban on assault weapons, to get on board with universal background checks, to get on board with requiring safekeeping.”
Three children and three adults were killed in the attack on the Covenant School in Tennessee on Monday. The attacker, Audrey Hale, was a transgender man who preferred the name “Aiden”.
SHOOTING IN TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE POLICE RELEASE SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF AN ATTACK ON COVENANT SCHOOL THAT KILLED 6
Hale, 28, had attended Covenant School years earlier. The attacker meticulously planned the shooting, conducted surveillance and drew detailed maps of the building. Hale was killed by police officers shortly after the attack began.
According to the police chief, Hale shot from second-story windows at officers who arrived at the scene before sweeping the building and finding the gunman in a common room.
Audrey Hale, 28, Covenant School gunman, pictured in a driver’s license photo and school surveillance video released by Nashville police. Hale killed three nine-year-olds and three adults Monday morning at a private school affiliated with a church. (Metro Nashville Police Department)
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“The first call to 911 about gunfire in the building came in at 10:13 a.m., officials rushed to campus, entered and began evacuating the building. Shots were heard from the second level. On the second floor, in a common area, a team of officers encountered Hale, who was shooting (she had fired through a window at oncoming police cars). Two members of an officer’s team fired on Hale, mortally wounding her,” Chief John Drake said.
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