Tue Apr 25, 2023 – 4:48 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — U.S. President Joe Biden sparked bemused indignation on Monday when he appeared to suggest that children belong to the nation, not exclusively their parents.
In remarks made at the White House Rose Garden on April 24 and widely clipped and shared on social media, the Commander-in-Chief said “there’s no such thing as someone else’s child. No such thing as someone else’s child.”
“Our nation’s children are all our children,” said Biden, who declared Tuesday that he’s running for re-election in 2024.
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The comment from Biden was a quote from Oklahoma teacher Rebecka Peterson, the winner of the 2023 National and State Teachers of the Year award. Biden celebrated her and other teachers and administrators for their contributions Monday, taking the opportunity to call for increased gun control measures to prevent future school shootings.
The president said Peterson “put a teacher’s creed into words when she said: ‘There’s no such thing as someone else’s child.’”
BIDEN: “There’s no such thing as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children!” pic.twitter.com/scaZ4vDrPZ
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 24,
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