Jill Biden slammed for not mentioning Waukesha parade attack victims in visit to injured kids and only pushing vaccines

FIRST Lady Jill Biden was slammed during her visit to Waukesha, Wisconsin in support of the victims killed or injured during the Christmas Parade attack.

Biden met the ire of a number of people in Wisconsin on Wednesday for showing up at Waukesha City Hall and instead talking about vaccines and was accused of doing a "photo opp" by victims of the crash.

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"Clearly, she’s coming for several reasons, one of them obviously is to help our folks in the Waukesha area and Milwaukee, continue to support each other, grieve and move forward from the tragedy in Waukesha," Governor Tony Evers told reporters prior to her visit.

However, not everyone was receptive to Biden's visit, which she shared with second gentlemen Douglas Emhoff and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.

"It’s a photo opp. I don’t see it as anything other than that," Ken Walter, who was at the parade in November when a car, driven by Darrell Brooks Jr., swerved into children and people at the parade.

"If she really wants to do something: Help reform these laws that allow guys like this to be out," Walter added.

Biden was also accused by some of pushing for vaccines instead of mentioning the names of the six people dead in the attack.

"Jill Biden spoke at the Children’s Wisconsin hospital," a Twitter user. "She did not mention the attack once and instead spent the entire speech promoting vaccines for kids."

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Police have charged Brooks with six counts of homicide after the November 21 attack, which left six people dead and dozens more injured.

Walter was among the injured, saying he could have had a much different fate.

"He swerved and missed my vehicle," Walter said. "I mean, I looked right in his face as he drove right at me and swerved and missed my vehicle and swerved to hit the Waukesha South High School Band."

"I witnessed him drive into people. That’s not something that’s easy to sleep with," he added. "And that’s not something I ever thought my 11-year old would see. I’m not trained for that."

"I’m not trained to see the blood of children on the street of the town I grew up in…and it’s all because the laws allow people like him to be out when he was in jail three days earlier."

Brooks was released from jail on a $1,000 bail, which District Attorney John Chisholm called a "mistake" of a young, overworked assistant in the DA's office.

The First Lady wasn't the only Biden take some heat regarding their Waukesha visit - or lack thereof.

President Joe Biden got plenty of backlash for what Press Secretary Jen Psaki said regarding his inability to visit Wisconsin.

"Obviously any president going to visit a community requires a lot of assets," Psaki said, which "requires taking their resources."

"And it's not something that I have a trip to preview at this point in time, but we remain in touch with local officials."

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