Obama writes his speech after he is briefed on the Sandy Hook school shooting (2012).

I miss having a president who was actually smart, educated, and not a complete dipshit.

Just a few years later, President Trump was on the phone thanking Sandy Hook denier, Alex Jones, for helping him win the election.

Trump would blame it on DEI and Mexicans.

[Here]) is a **much** higher-quality and much less-cropped version of this image. [Here](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/05/07/behind-lens-photographing-president-50-states) is the source. Per there:

> Connecticut, Dec. 16, 2012. Making last-minute edits to his speech in Newtown, before a vigil for those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

[Here](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/12/14/president-obama-speaks-shooting-connecticut) adds:

> December 14, 2012 at 3:34 PM ET by Megan Slack

> This afternoon, President Obama [made a statement](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/12/14/statement-president-school-shooting-newtown-ct) from the Briefing Room on the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

> We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would — as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.

> The majority of those who died today were children — beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them — birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers — men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.

> So our hearts are broken today — for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.

> As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago — these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.

> This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we’ll tell them that we love them, and we’ll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans. And I will do everything in my power as President to help.

> Read the full remarks [here](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/12/14/statement-president-school-shooting-newtown-ct)

Trump would blame the radical left and immigrants not knowing shit about what happened.

I miss him as president. Instead we are stuck with the orange ghoul and his couch f*cking buddy and a pasty incel.

This marked a moment where I broke a little.

Sandy Hook was when I realized that NOTHING would ever change in the United States on gun violence. If all those little dead bodies didn’t do it, then nothing would. It was the end of decades of activism for gun control. I just gave up.

Remember when Obama was president?

Feels like a fucking lifetime ago. America has fallen far since then.

I miss this man so much

Wonder where he were when that picture were taken. And why. Looks like the auto mechanic’s classroom at a trade school to me. Reminds me of the Bush 9/11 classroom photo.

I feel this photograph hard.

This is like being given the worst homework assignment you can think of and it’s due in a couple hours.

A leader leading.

I want this man back

I really shouldn’t complain about my homework. That’s got to be one of the hardest things to write and to be in the mental place to write. And also to be on a deadline.

And some people still mock him for being emotional about it. It’s crazy to see.

I miss that man so much

Didn’t realize till just now that Obama is left handed.

I know he wasn’t the perfect president, but man I do miss him.

I don’t even want to imagine how T*ump would have handled this……

I can feel the depth and sorrow from here