WASHINGTON, D.C. – It was a bizarre incident on Monday when President Joe Biden took to the podium at the White House to brief the nation on the most recent deadly rampage at a school in the United States.
Six people were shot and killed. Three of them were children.
When President Biden took the stage to issue a statement on the shooting, he instead focused on ice cream and ‘good-looking kids’ in the audience and performed a stand-up comedy routine.
“My name is Joe Biden. I’m Dr. Jill Biden’s husband,” the President said. “And I Jeni’s ice cream. Chocolate Chip. I came down because I heard there was chocolate chip ice cream. By the way, I have a whole refrigerator full of ice cream upstairs. Think I’m kidding, I’m not.”
“Who are those good-looking kids back there?” Biden asked.
Fox News Channel hosts who interrupted their coverage of the shooting to hear the President’s speech were shocked to learn the President opened the speech with humor in light of the tragic events unfolding in Nashville.
After a quick slapstick routine, the President then addressed the mass shooting at the school.
Finally, he mentioned the Nashville shooting but said he didn’t want to devote too much time to it.
“Before I begin to speak, and the reason I spent a little time on the kids, I — I just want to speak very briefly about the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee,” the President said. ” You know, we’re still gathering the facts of what happened and why. And we do know that, as of now, there are a number of people who are not going to — did not make it, including children. And it’s heartbreaking. A family’s worst nightmare”
Biden then went on to talk about electric cars, bringing back business, and the successes of women-owned businesses.