{"id":2230208,"date":"2024-04-25T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hopes-to-meet-with-families-of-slain-officers-following-backlash-to-syracuse-visit\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:48:57","slug":"biden-hopes-to-meet-with-families-of-slain-officers-following-backlash-to-syracuse-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hopes-to-meet-with-families-of-slain-officers-following-backlash-to-syracuse-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden plans to meet families of slain officers after backlash in Syracuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-hopes-to-meet-with-families-of-slain-officers-following-backlash-to-syracuse-visit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President\u200c Joe Biden honored two Syracuse \u200bpolice officers killed in the line of \u200cduty during a visit to\u2063 New York. Despite\u200d calls to postpone the trip, he expressed his intention to meet the families. The visit marked\u200b a speech \u200dcelebrating $6 billion in \u200bgrants for Micron Technologies.\u2062 Governor\u200b Kathy Hochul also paid \u2062tribute to the \u2064officers\u200c before Biden&#8217;s speech at Syracuse University&#8217;s Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> opened his remarks on Thursday in Syracuse, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York\">New York<\/a>, by honoring the two Syracuse police officers who were killed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2976324\/syracuse-police-union-blasts-biden-new-york-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"line of duty last week\">line of duty last week<\/a>, stating he hopes to meet with the families soon.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s remarks came during a speech planned to celebrate the more than $6 billion worth of new CHIPS and Science Act grants awarded to semiconductor producer Micron Technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The president continued with his visit to the city despite the death of the two officers, Onondaga County Lt. Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Michael Hoosock and Syracuse police officer Michael Jensen, and calls from local lawmakers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-police-union-president-far-left-infiltrated-capitol-protests\/\" title=\"Chicago Police Union President: Far-left infiltrated Capitol protests\">police union<\/a> to urge the White House to delay the president\u2019s trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to take a moment to honor two officers who were mentioned, two fallen heroes who were killed in the line of duty this month,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-meets-with-victims-families-in-buffalo-dubs-attack-domestic-terrorism\/\" title=\"Biden Meets With Victims\u2019 Families In Buffalo, Dubs Attack \u2018Domestic Terrorism\u2019\">president opened<\/a>. \u201cWe pray for their loved ones, whose hearts have been broken. You know, every time a police officer puts on that shield, every morning, their husband or wife \u2014 whatever it is, your child \u2014 worries about when they get that phone call. When they get that phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden harkened back to receiving \u201cone of those phone calls\u201d after the death of his first wife and daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve lost a part of your soul,\u201d he continued. \u201d\u00a0\u201cThe entire Syracuse community is grieving, and we\u2019re grieving with you. To the men and women in law enforcement, here and across the country, you represent the best of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) spoke ahead of Biden\u2019s appearance at the Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology and also opened her remarks with a moment of silence for the slain officers.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> billed the Thursday trip as somewhat of a homecoming for the president, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-50-years-of-lies-and-gaffes\/\" title=\"Joe Biden: 50 Years Of Lies and Gaffes\">attended law school<\/a> at Syracuse University. During his speech, Biden highlighted the economic impact Micron grants would have on upstate New York. Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY), who also spoke ahead of Biden\u2019s remarks, claimed that the expansion would create 50,000 new jobs and make the Micron facility one of the most technologically advanced semiconductor production sites in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, Syracuse Police Benevolent Association spokesman Joe Moran told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that it was \u201cjust wrong\u201d for Biden to go ahead with his visit despite the community\u2019s tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has probably been the worst week in our lives for each and every one of us,\u201d he stated. \u201cI\u2019m shocked that President Biden says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-rescinds-trumps-apprenticeship-plan-by-executive-order\/\" title=\"Biden Rescinds Trump\u2019s Apprenticeship Plan By Executive Order\">federal grants<\/a> and Micron is more important than the death of two police officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither he\u2019s underestimating \u2026 the impact that this has had on our members or he just doesn\u2019t care,\u201d Moran added.<\/p>\n<p>Syracuse Police Chief Joseph Cecile, however, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Syracuse police had not asked the White House to postpone Biden\u2019s trip to the city, though the department voiced concerns to the Secret Service about their ability to \u201cadequately cover\u201d the president\u2019s details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh asked Hochul to supply New York State Police resources to help provide security for Biden\u2019s visit, and Hochul approved the request earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch Biden\u2019s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"Zvv0bEGxNEE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Delivers Remarks on the CHIPS and Science Act\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zvv0bEGxNEE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden paid tribute to the two slain Syracuse police officers during his speech in Syracuse, New York. He expressed his intention to meet with the bereaved families promptly. 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