President Biden will visit the injured suburbs of Chicago on Tuesday when shooterskill six peopleHe said he didn't know. More than 30 people participated in the parade on July 4th. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Windy City later that day for a pre-planned trip.
"I don't know," Bidentold reporterwhen he left the Medal of Honor event at the White House East Room when asked if the trip was offshore. rice field.
The White House later acknowledged the tragedy in Highland Park, Illinois, and announced that Biden had ordered the American flag to be raised on the half-mast of public facilities until Saturday sunset.
A few hours after Harris filming, she confirmed that she intended to speakat the National Education Association Teachers' Union Summit in downtown Chicago on Tuesday afternoon. It is unclear if she will make a short trip north to Highland Park to comfort her family and community.
On Monday night, police arrested Robert "Bobby" E. Climo III in connection with bloodshed.
At the White House on Tuesday, Byden did not mention shooting while awarding the Medal of Honor to four Vietnam War veterans. On Monday afternoon, Presidentsurprised the audiencewith little mention of the tragedy in his July 4 speech on the White House lawn.
"I asked you what happened today" was the only case in which Biden directly referred to the shootings.
Two hours later, the president returned to the White House lawn before the Independence Day fireworks display and made a broader statement before leading the silent prayer of the victims.
Biden previously visited the scenes of othergunfire incidents in Buffalo, TexasandUvarde withindays of each atrocities. .. He had previously planned to travel to Cleveland on Wednesday, but this week he had no plans to travel outside the Washington area.
