White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the United States averages more than one shooting per day before accidentally saying it averages one per week.
press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a press briefing on Monday that the U.S. has averaged more than one mass shooting per day since the start of 2023, before later saying the country averages one per week.
At the top of the White House press briefing on Monday, Jean-Pierre told reporters that May 8 is the 128th day of 2023, and yesterday, the U.S. had its"That means we are averaging more than one a day, more than 200 mass shootings in 128 days," she said, adding that more than 14,000 people died this year from gun violence."This is a crisis. It is a crisis that the Republicans in Congress are refusing to address.
Mass shootings are taking place in schools, shopping centers, churches, movie theaters, grocery stores, temples and other communal areas, interrupting everyday lives, the press secretary explained. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
These public spaces come under attack from"weapons of war," that Jean-Pierre said have"no place on our streets."
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