Biden Declares Pulse Nightclub a Memorial After 2016 Shooting
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Mourners observe a moment of silence in Orlando, Florida for the mass shooting victims at the Pulse nightclub in 2016.
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President Joe Biden decried “cruel and unconscionable” attacks against LGBTQ Americans after signing a law designating the former Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a national memorial to commemorate the 2016 shooting that killed 49 people.
“A place of acceptance and joy became a place of unspeakable pain and loss,” Biden said Friday at the White House, referring to the shooting at the gay nightclub. “May no president ever have to sign another monument like this.”