Joe Biden fails to mention the guilty verdict from the Hunter trial in his speech at the Gun Sense University speech
President Joe Biden honored survivors of gun violence in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, moments before heading to Delaware to be with his son, who was just found guilty of three gun-related charges.
During his remarks, Biden repeatedly touted his record of implementing stricter gun control laws, but he did not bring up his son Hunter, 54, or the irony of the event happening on the same day the jury delivered that verdict in the federal gun case.
However, he did reference his late son Beau Biden and how he was able to interact with families of gun violence victims because of the phone call he received informing him of his son’s death.
“I know it’s hard because I’ve also gotten those calls saying I’ve lost a son, a daughter, a wife — I know what it’s like,” the president said at the Washington Hilton during remarks about his gun control policy at the Washington Hilton. Everytown’s Gun Sense University Summit.
‘But guess what? Never give up hope, hope, hope, hope,” he added.
President Joe Biden said he got the call that his son Beau Biden died Tuesday during remarks on tackling gun violence — but didn’t bring up his son Hunter Biden, who was just convicted hours earlier of three gun-related crimes
Hours earlier, the 12-person jury in Hunter Biden’s gun case returned a verdict finding him guilty of all three crimes for lying on a form about his addiction to purchase and possess a firearm in 2018 and to serve while he was in prison. a user of illegal substances.
After the ruling, Biden decided to change his schedule to Wilmington on Tuesday afternoon to be with his family.
Although the president was not present for the weeklong trial, other family members, including First Lady Jill Biden, were in the courtroom to support Hunter.
“As I said last week, I am the president, but I am also a father,” the president wrote in a statement after the ruling and before his remarks. “Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today.”
“So many families who have had loved ones who have battled addiction understand the feeling of pride in seeing someone you love emerge on the other side and be so strong and resilient in recovery,” Biden continued.
A 12-person jury in Delaware has found Hunter Biden guilty of three charges related to a 2018 gun purchase in which he lied about his use and addiction to illegal drugs.
Hunter faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, although first-time offenders usually don’t get the harshest punishment.
During the event, Biden also made his latest verbal gaffe by claiming he has been at several “mass shootings.”
“I’ve seen too many — I’ve literally spoken to well over a thousand families at the events I’ve attended — mass shootings,” Biden told the anti-gun crowd.
“Look in their eyes, you can almost feel that black hole they feel in the center of their chest, like they’re being sucked in, there’s no way out,” he continued, ignoring the flub.