Biden ends speech in Connecticut with ‘God save the queen, man’

President Joe Biden spoke on the Nationwide Safer Communities Summit on the College of Hartford on Friday afternoon, wrapping up remarks centered on gun security with “God save the queen, man” earlier than exiting the stage.

The closing remarks from the president raised issues, as Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, died in November 2022 at 96.

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“A number of of you've gotten requested me why he mentioned that. I don't know. Different poolers likewise don't know.” Todd Gillman, Washington bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News, mentioned.

Biden's workforce tried to deflect the state of affairs.

“He couldn’t do the complete ropeline because of climate, and was commenting to somebody within the crowd," principal deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton mentioned in an e mail.

Biden joked about his age within the speech, an element Republicans usually say will prohibit him from assembly presidential job calls for.

“I do know many individuals right here who've been impacted by gun violence, misplaced somebody they love, fought so onerous for therefore a few years. Loads of you might be drained,” Biden mentioned, sparking uproar from the group in settlement.

“Attempt being 110 and doing it once more,” Biden added, which introduced up laughter from the viewers.

Biden was 78 when he was inaugurated in 2021, making him the oldest president in U.S. historical past to be sworn in, and he shall be 82 years previous on Election Day in 2024.

Biden addressed Connecticut attendees advocating gun rights, some being victims of gun violence, who're pissed off over the legislature's failure to implement insurance policies that stop gun violence.

"If this Congress refuses to behave, we'd like a brand new Congress," Biden mentioned.

The nation is on monitor to set a document for mass shootings in 2023, with figures from the Gun Violence Archive exhibiting the very best ever recorded this early in a yr.

With gun violence and associated deaths rising within the nation, Biden known as for a nationwide assault-style weapons ban.

"We are going to ban assault weapons on this nation. We are going to ban multi-round magazines. We are going to maintain gun makers liable. We are going to beat the gun business," he mentioned on the Connecticut convention, in a state passing strict gun security laws this yr with the assist of Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT).

Biden is predicted to attend a fundraising dinner Friday night on the residence of donor Stephen F. Mandel in Greenwich with Lamont.