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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Laughland and agencies

‘Do something!’: Biden visits Uvalde after mass shooting as onlookers urge him to take action

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a memorial at Robb elementary school to pay their respects to the victims of the mass shooting, Sunday,  in Uvalde, Texas.
Joe Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, visit a memorial at Robb elementary school to pay their respects to the victims of the mass shooting, on Sunday in Uvalde, Texas. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Joe Biden on Sunday visited Uvalde, Texas, seeking to comfort a community devastated by the latest American mass shooting, which claimed the lives of 19 elementary school children and two teachers.

The visit marked the second presidential visit related to a massacre within two weeks following a racist attack in Buffalo, New York, as Democrats in Washington offered tentative hope of bipartisan gun reform legislation in Congress.

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