As Katie noted yesterday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated during her Tuesday press briefing that President Biden does not support the 'hardening' of schools as part of the conversations on anti-mass shooting solutions. In this answer, it very much sounds like Jean-Pierre is ruling out beefed-up school safety as something Biden would be willing to consider. You be the judge:Jean Pierre: "There's been conversation about hardening schools, that is not something that [Joe Biden] believes in." pic.twitter.com/nQeWYV8ucm — Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 31, 2022She says that her boss does not believe in hardening schools, then strangely transitions to rote education-related talking points about funding the needs of teachers, which is not the point of this conversation (also, the 'under-funded schools' trope is especially dubious these days). This point from a GOP operative is correct: Jean-Pierre's pronouncement is "not helpful" because 'hardening schools' is a "likely piece in any potential legislative package, and Biden’s team is blowing up negotiations they’re not even involved in."

Source: Fox News June 01, 2022 14:40 UTC