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Here's the moment when I thought, whoa, Joe Biden is not doing so great right now.

Today's many things. As proof of despite the nasares, we can make meaningful progress

on dealing with gun violence. This is last week at the White House. The president's giving a speech

celebrating the gun control legislation. He just passed. Sit down, you'll hear what I have to say.

And in the middle of it, someone in the audience gets up and begins heckling.

This is the dad of a parkland shooting victim, and he is pissed. He wants Biden to open up a

gun control office inside the White House. And the thing that I found surprising about all this

is that this was an invitation only event. Everyone there had been screened. So for Joe Biden,

it was a little like a horror movie. The call was coming from inside the house.

The Washington Post's Perry Beacon, he's noticed a vibe shift too. He clocks it a little

differently. Says frustration really started bubbling over after the Supreme Court

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