周日，乔·拜登总统和第一夫人吉尔·拜登在德克萨斯州的乌瓦尔迪度过了激动人心的一天，与19名儿童和两名教师遇难后的社区一起哀悼上周在那里的一次校园枪击事件中。
拜登夫妇首先在德克萨斯州州长格雷格·艾伯特(Greg Abbott)、乌瓦尔迪县独立学区独立负责人哈尔·哈勒尔(Hal Harrell)博士和罗布小学校长曼迪·古铁雷斯(Mandy Gutierrez)的陪同下，在罗布小学的纪念场所表达了敬意。
有人看到吉尔·拜登在现场触摸孩子们的照片，照片上摆满了鲜花和白色十字架，以纪念每一位遇难者。
总统和第一夫人随后与数百名教区居民一起参加了圣心天主教堂的弥撒。当他们离开时，拜登走向一群高呼“做点什么”的人。
人们看到拜登告诉人群，“我们会的。”
据白宫称，他们随后访问了幸存者、受害者家属和第一反应人员。
当局称，周二，一名18岁的枪手萨尔瓦多·拉莫斯(Salvador Ramos)用突击步枪向罗伯小学(Robb Elementary)两个相连的教室开火，造成21人死亡，其中包括19名三年级和四年级学生。
“我希望，当我成为总统时，我不会再这样做，”拜登总统周二在枪击事件后向全国发表讲话时说。“又一场屠杀。德州乌瓦尔迪。一所小学。漂亮的二、三、四年级学生，”他说。
周日对乌瓦尔迪的访问是总统两周内的第二次访问，以安慰大规模枪击事件后悲痛欲绝的社区。
5月17日，拜登前往纽约州的布法罗，会见Tops超市枪击案受害者的家属，该案正在作为仇恨犯罪进行调查。十个人他们都是黑人，于5月14日被杀害。
2022年5月29日，美国总统乔·拜登和第一夫人吉尔·拜登抵达德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥的凯利机场后，走下空军一号。
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拜登周六在他的母校特拉华大学的毕业典礼上发表讲话，谈到了乌瓦尔迪和布法罗枪击事件。
“暴力太多了。太多的恐惧。太多的悲伤，”他说，呼吁美国人民一起努力，使国家更加安全。“让我们明确一点:邪恶来到了德克萨斯州的小学教室，来到了纽约的杂货店，来到了太多无辜者死去的地方。”
President Biden, first lady travel to Uvalde to grieve with community after school massacre
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden spent an emotional day in Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to grieve with the community after 19 children and two teachers were killedin a school shooting there last week.
The Bidens first paid their respects at the memorial site at Robb Elementary School, accompanied by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Uvalde County Independent School District Independent Superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell and Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez.
Jill Biden was seen touching the photos of the children at the site, filled with flowers and white crosses in honor of each of the victims.
The president and first lady then attended mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church alongside hundreds of parishioners. As they departed, Biden walked toward a crowd of people who were chanting, "Do something."
Biden was seen telling the crowd, "We will."
They then visited with survivors, families of the victims and first responders, according to the White House.
Twenty-one people, including 19 third- and fourth-graders, were killed Tuesday after an 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, used an assault-style rifle to open fire on two connected classrooms at Robb Elementary, according to authorities.
"I'd hoped, when I became president, I would not have to do this again," President Biden said on Tuesday as he addressed the nation following the shooting. "Another massacre. Uvalde, Texas. An elementary school. Beautiful, second-, third-, fourth-graders," he said.
Sunday's visit to Uvalde is the second trip the president has taken in two weeks to comfort a grief-stricken community following a mass shooting.
On May 17,Biden traveled to Buffalo, New York, to meet with the families of the victims of the Tops supermarket shooting, which is being investigated as a hate crime.Ten people, all of whom were Black, were killed on May 14.
Biden addressed both the the Uvalde and Buffalo shootings on Saturday during his commencement speech at the University of Delaware, his alma mater.
"Too much violence. Too much fear. Too much grief," he said, calling on Americans to work together to make the country safer. "Let’s be clear: Evil came to that elementary school classroom in Texas, to that grocery store in New York, to far too many places where innocents have died."
