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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Fatima Hussein and Patrick Whittle

Biden is bound for Maine to mourn with a community reeling from a shooting that left 18 people dead

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President Joe Biden is heading to Lewiston, Maine to mourn with a community where 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in state history. It's the type of trip that is becoming far too familiar.

“Too many times the president and first lady have traveled to communities completely torn apart by gun violence,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on the eve of the Bidens' trip on Friday. “We can't accept it as normal.”

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