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<\/div>\nThe President then went on to call the shooting “sick” and “heartbreaking”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
US President Joe Biden’s timing just isn’t right. On Monday, he made an awkward joke about ice cream before proceeding to address the horrific mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school.<\/p>\n
Mr Biden joked that he only made a public appearance because he heard there would be ice cream\u00a0before discussing the tragedy that claimed the lives of three adults and three children at an elementary school earlier in the day, New York Post <\/a><\/em>reported.<\/p>\n ”My name is Joe Biden. I’m Dr. Jill Biden’s husband,”\u00a0\u00a0the president\u00a0began, addressing a gathering of women-owned businesses. ”And I eat Jeni’s ice cream \u2014 chocolate chip. I came down because I heard there was chocolate chip ice cream. By the way, I have a whole refrigerator full upstairs..You think I’m kidding? I’m not,” he said.<\/p>\n Watch the video here:<\/strong><\/p>\n “I came down because I heard there was chocolate chip ice cream.”<\/p>\n At least three children and three adults were just murdered at an elementary school.<\/p>\n But Joe Biden is focused on ice cream. pic.twitter.com\/cvkIiX3VU0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Meara (@MillennialOther) March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The President then went on to call the shooting “sick” and “heartbreaking” and stressed that “it’s ripping the soul of this nation.”\u00a0He also called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban and said that the shooter in Nashville reportedly had two assault weapons and a pistol.<\/p>\n Mr Biden said, “It’s just sick. You know, we’re still gathering the facts of what happened and why. And we do know that, as of now, there are a number of people who are not going to, did not make it, including children. And it’s heartbreaking. A family’s worst nightmare.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, critics have slammed Mr Biden’s inappropriate response\u00a0while addressing the tragedy.\u00a0<\/p>\n “To say that he\u00a0misunderstood the moment would\u00a0be an understatement. You know, the president is\u00a0watching, you’d hope before he comes down\u00a0there,\u00a0the awful scenes from the\u00a0shooting and the reactions of\u00a0family members and friends of\u00a0people in that school. And to be coming down, joking\u00a0about the fact that he’s Jill Biden’s husband and looking for\u00a0chocolate chip ice cream is\u00a0hardly the way to start it,”\u00a0former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told Fox News.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n