"White House Condemns Offensive Comments on Maine Shooting, Calls for Real Change"

The Biden White House criticized House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson's comments on gun control following the recent mass shootings in Maine, where Johnson claimed that guns were not the cause of America's mass shooting crises and that the problem lies in the human heart. The White House rejected this notion, stating that gun crime is uniquely high in the United States because of congressional Republicans prioritizing the gun industry's lobbyists over innocent lives. The shooting in Maine was the 37th mass killing in the U.S. this year, with at least 190 people dead. The suspect, Robert Card, an Army Reservist, was found dead after a two-day manhunt and had been dealing with mental health issues.