Former White House Press Secretary and incoming MSNBC staffer this fall Jen Psaki appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” where the conversation included the mass shooting at Robb Elementary.
During the interview, Pskai stated that she hopes that components of the Uvalde elementary school massacre will “jerk people awake” about the problem of gun violence.
“I was thinking about sending my daughter to kindergarten today. And is she safe? Is she okay there? What kind of security do they have? Should they have security?” Psaki said, per Mediaite.
“And those are the kind of thoughts that are going through your head when you’re in the White House, too, because you’re thinking about what the country is experiencing, what communities are experiencing, and what you can do to help, help heal, help bring some calm, if you can, in that moment.”
Despite not much happening over the past decade, especially after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012, which shocked the country in the social media era, Psaki says she isn’t losing hope that there will be change.
“Everybody has a voice. Everybody can use that voice in many ways. Yes, you can vote. You can also get involved in a lot of organizations. There are amazing organizations fighting for gun reform out there. And that’s another way to get involved. And nobody is powerless,” Psaki added.
“But I would also say that I learned from working in the White House and working in government is that you have to always have hope. You have to always think that change is possible, and that maybe it’s not going to happen next month or next year. I don’t know.”
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