WASHINGTON — It wasn't the first time President Obama denounced a hate crime in the aftermath of a mass shooting, and it wasn't the first time he expressed resolve in the face of a terrorist attack.
And it certainly wasn't the first time he called for action to keep firearms out of the hands of would-be killers.
But Sunday's remarks following the Orlando nightclub shooting were the first to incorporate all three of those themes.
Obama himself has acknowledged that his remarks have become all too predictable. "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting has become routine. My response here, from this podium, has become routine," Obama said last October, following the shooting at an Oregon community college.
