Manuel Oliver interrupts Joe Biden during a speech at the White House on Monday.
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President Biden told a man whose son was killed in the Parkland massacre to “sit down” on Monday.
Manuel Oliver heckled Biden during his speech praising bipartisan gun control legislation.
Oliver told CNN earlier that new legislation is “not enough” to address mass shootings.
President Joe Biden told a man who lost his son in the 2018 Parkland school shooting to “sit down” as the father heckled Biden during a Monday speech touting a bipartisan gun control law.
“Despite the naysayers, we can make meaningful progress on dealing with gun violence,” Biden said in footage of the speech posted to Twitter by CSPAN.
Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was among the 17 people killed in the Parkland mass shooting, could be heard shouting in the background.
“Sit down. You’ll hear what I have to say,” Biden said, as Oliver continued to yell at the president.
It wasn’t immediately clear what Oliver said.
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Earlier on Monday, Oliver told CNN that new gun legislation passed in the wake of a recent spate of high-profile mass shootings is “not enough” to address the violence.
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