President Obama writing his speech after the Sandy Hook massacre

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image showing President Obama writing his speech after the Sandy Hook massacre

TooShiftyForYou on August 23rd, 2020 at 18:58 UTC »

President Obama traveled to Newtown two days after the shooting and spent hours meeting with the families of the victims.

It was difficult for everyone, especially the kids who were too young to comprehend what exactly happened, but it did sooth the pain momentarily when he met with the siblings and cousins of one of the victims, Emilie Parker.

https://i.imgur.com/kPFmszH.png

kermityfrog on August 23rd, 2020 at 19:54 UTC »

Pete Souza's photo of Obama's speech editing.

Edit - higher resolution version here, courtesy of /u/Mr-Klaus.

99NamesOfHastur on August 23rd, 2020 at 20:11 UTC »

Obama quit smoking in 2010. I bet times like this (2 years later) he was real tempted to go back for just one more.