The new office will be responsible for expediting the implementation of the Safer Communities Act and for coordinating support for survivors of gun violence.
Highland Park shooting survivor Ashbey Beasley watched the announcement from home. She called the initiative a game-changer.
"I was really excited to hear the president talk about how this office will put resources towards survivors, to help them with mental health resources, to help them with financial resources here in Highland Park after our mass shooting," Beasley said."We do not have a moment to spare nor in life to spare. And, here's the thing: solutions do exist," Harris said.
At an unrelated event, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said people have a right to be skeptical about the announcement a year before the election. "They want results, and we've got to produce results. But, virtually anything the president does is branded political. Let's see if he can get some results," Durbin said. "I think he can get some."Johnson was not the only elected official at the White House. Cook County Board President Tony Preckwinkle and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly were also in attendance.
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