- President Joe Biden traveled to rural Wisconsin on Thursday
- He used the top of his speech in Westby to address the Georgia school shooting.
President Joe Biden criticized parents for allowing their children access to guns as he addressed Wednesday’s shooting at a Georgia school at an event Thursday in rural Wisconsin.
The president traveled to Westby in the swing state to promote some of the legislation he and Vice President Kamala Harris helped pass that would improve green energy in rural areas.
But he asked the audience if he could address the shooting firsthand: when a 14-year-old shot and killed four people in the first weeks of the school year.
“How can you have an assault rifle in an unlocked house and know that your child knows where it is?” Biden asked. “Parents need to be held accountable for allowing their children to have access to these weapons.”
During his brief remarks, the 81-year-old also confused North and South Korea, while boasting about the return of chip manufacturing to the United States.
President Joe Biden criticized parents for allowing their children to own guns as he addressed Wednesday’s shooting at a Georgia school at an event Thursday in rural Wisconsin.
President Joe Biden (R) spoke with workers at Vernon Electric Cooperative in Westby, Wisconsin, on Thursday before delivering remarks on providing power to rural areas in the important swing state.
President Joe Biden (left) greets Westby Mayor Danny Helgerson (center), Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski, and Governor Tony Evers (right) upon his arrival in rural Wisconsin on Thursday
President Joe Biden (left) toured the Vernon Electric Cooperative in Westby, Wisconsin, on Thursday, touting investments in green energy to power rural areas of the U.S. He was joined on the trip by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (right).
“I’m a gun owner. I’m a firm believer in the Amendment,” Biden told the crowd. “We need more than just thoughts and prayers.”
He added “enough is enough” and again encouraged Congress to act.
“Let’s ban assault weapons,” he said.
Addressing the rural audience, he added: “My father is a hunter. I don’t know many deer that wear bulletproof vests.”