The remarks are scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. Eastern. Per C-SPAN's event description-in-advance: "President Biden delivers remarks from the Roosevelt Room in the White House a day after an assassination attempt on former President Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, PA. The two men had a brief call Saturday following the shooting."

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Discussion Thread: President Biden Delivers Remarks from the White House on Shooting at Trump Rally
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  2. My favorite thing to come out of this tragic incident is AI generated articles saying a “Home Alone 2 Star” was “shot at a Trump rally”

  3. I assume this is him just updating with the information that’s been officially reported since he didn’t have many facts last night

  4. I still can’t get over how close we were yesterday to a former president getting his head blown off on live television mere inches away

  5. Surprised we haven’t heard from Trump before Biden. Either he reflecting on how truly close he came to dying, or having trouble how to approach it because the shooter turned out to be a white male Republican with an AR-15.

    Would love to see it give him a greater appreciation of life, but I’m guessing he’s going to go another way…

  6. If a campaign that really started with Trump leading white-supremacy-fueled political violence in 2020 is decided, in his favor, by Trump being the target of gun-fueled political violence in 2024, that would be tragic but also the quintessential American outcome, tbh.

    I don’t think the fundamentals of the race changed this weekend, but Trump was a clear EC favorite before this weekend and now, if he wins, everyone will be certain the shooting decided the election, cause that’s how people are about these things.

    Biden’s response has been on point so far, and another credit to his presidency. Serious people only see this as a further argument against unserious people like Trump being in power. But serious people aren’t swing voters.

  7. An interesting thread to follow is the failings of various government agencies that were shuffled into DHS after 9/11. Makes you wonder if there’s a mission/culture problem there, and if breaking it up and returning its contingent agencies back to their original pre-9/11 departments (or whichever would make the most logical sense) would help alleviate some of that.

  8. Biden’s behavior was very rational, compassionate and reasonable.
    It shows that he’s the adult in the room and capable of being a leader. If anything, this has strengthened my belief in him.

  10. Ya know I used to say “we are living in an episode of South park”, at this point we’re making South park look quaint.

  12. Biden can seize the moment and present himself as the stable, peaceful option as opposed to the violence and chaos that seems to follow Trump. Under Trump we had the Charlottesville rallies, the 2020 riots, and January 6 insurrection . Domestically the US has been peaceful under Biden. More Trump equals more violence due to the violent rhetoric he constantly spews.

  13. can somebody w talent plz make a supercut interspersing the GOP laughing about paul pelosi with dems being levelheaded and compassionate about this incident?

  14. Violence and crime follows Trump wherever he goes. He’s a fucking menace to democracy and the stability of our Nation.

  15. >[We are hearing from the first classmate of Thomas Crooks. His Bethel Park classmate described him as a loner who was bullied relentlessly and wore “hunting” outfits often in class](https://x.com/meghankdka/status/1812508130745716962?s=46&t=WNLA6iNiOKasdgX6gq6QGw)

    >[Trump Shooting Suspect Didn’t Broadcast Political Views, Classmate Says](https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/trump-shooting-suspect-didn-t-broadcast-political-views-classmate-says-Zl3TybYxgkO0VbhxxWoY)

  16. The story is going to be nothing more than a lone gunman who was off his rocker enough to attempt to kill a president. people will move on soon enough. there’s the VP pick from Trump, the continued interest in the Biden saga. plenty to take the focus off this event soon enough. The vast majority of voters are pretty well set with who they will vote for regardless of this happening.

  17. People have forgotten the chaos of 2016-2020.

    To all the people who think this make Trump look strong.

    It makes him look like a chaos magnet. People don’t want that shit. They just want to be at peace and make it through the day.

    All this fucking drama around Trump is going to leave a sour note on those who are over it.

  18. The media when trump says we should kill drug dealers, immigrants and palestinians: i sleep. Media when a random gun nut republican tries to shoot him: “rhetoric is getting too violent, we need leaders who respect peace”

  19. Breaking; Biden just canceled his trip to Texas tomorrow

  20. We are getting a moment of agreement in this country that we as a society do not tolerate this kind of thing.

    It’s a good reminder to the every day person we have far more in common than the bots and online trolls say we do.

  21. There needs to be a moratorium on outdoor events for both of them until the Secret Service can investigate what happened and create an action plan to prevent this from happening again.

  22. To the people complaining about punctuality: What you really want is an Infotainer, not a Commander in Chief.

    Is it hard to believe that this press conference is ***not*** the most important issue POTUS has to deal with today, and something more dire might be drawing his attention?

  23. My huge Trump loving dad is finally saying that both Biden and Trump need to be out, and we need to start over from scratch. I think a lot of people thought this happening would embolden all Trump supporters, but I wonder how many others are like my dad who just want both candidates canned and want to start over. There’s a lot of people who are tired of the chaos.

  24. I’m betting this won’t even end up being a political reason. Like the dude sunk all his money into DJT meme stock and finally lost it.

    I don’t even mean it to sound funny. There must be a lot of people who hate Trump so much for other non-political reasons. I’d be shocked if there were not others like this guy.

  25. Biden is late because he’s in the situation room

  26. It’s like people forget he’s still the president. Probably has shit to do.

  28. He said he would speak more from the oval office tonight if people didn’t catch that.

  31. Short and sweet and really well said. This is good.

  32. Short and simple and to the point. And he will speak again tonight during prime time

    What else do you guys want

  33. Solid statement given the context. The Oval Office address tonight will be a time for more rhetorical flourish, but they are clearly handling this investigation seriously as we learn more.

  35. All the drama over Biden’s weaker speaking engagements and this was a still a professional, well spoken speech, the likes of which Trump has never in his life come close to.

  36. This was reasonable, respectful and to the point. Well done.

  37. That was short but good and to the point, the more interesting thing will be his address from the Oval Office tonight.

  38. Oh shit legally purchased by the kids father?! Wonder how much deep shit he will be in for that.

  39. Couldn’t hear it at the bar but I’m assuming it was calming speech condemning violence and asking the country to be united? You know, typical normal stuff

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  41. I’m tired of the chaos and drama that comes with Trump and the Republicans. Still voting blue..

  42. Remember on January 6 when Trump wanted to remove the metal detectors at his march on the capital speech because he didn’t care if they had guns as they weren’t there to hurt him?

  43. All I wonder, is given that the tables were turned and the shooting had happened at a Biden rally. I wonder what Trump would be saying right now!

  44. Vote Blue as if your way of life depends on it, because it does.

  45. Probably worth mentioning that when Pelosi’s husband was nearly killed by a man with a hammer we got a series of gleefull responses from the Right including Trump. While I suspect a lot of Democrats aren’t as concerned for Trump’s health as they say no major Democrat politician has been going off on conspiracy theories about this.

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