President Joe Biden tweeted support for the marches for gun reform. The protests were sparked by the back-to-back mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. 'I join them by repeating my call to Congress: do something.'
Share to TwitterGarnell Whitfield Jr., son of 86-year-old Buffalo, New York, mass shooting victim Ruth Whitfield, told the crowd,"We were being naïve to think that it couldn’t happen to us. And until it happened to us, we were sitting on the sidelines."
"Through their inaction they're giving their tacit approval," he said, demanding the passage of an anti-white supremacy hate crime bill.Protestors attend a March for Our Lives rally against gun violence on the National Mall, June 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C.A demonstrator holds a sign with the names of children and teachers killed by shootings during March for Our Lives 2022, June 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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