'I was thinking of sending my daughter to kindergarten today... is she safe?' Jen Psaki tells Jimmy Fallon she has 'hope' for gun reform and recalls the 'crinkles in Biden's eyes' during Texas school shooting speech

• Jen Psaki told Jimmy Fallon she feels forced to check what security is on gates
• She claimed that these were the thoughts those in power were mulling over too
• Psaki also praised her old boss Joe Biden for his speech after the horrific attack
• This was despite it being panned by many for politicizing tragedy for gun reform

Jen Psaki last night questioned whether she was safe to send her daughter to kindergarten after the Texas school shooting.

In a damning indictment of Joe Biden's America, the ex-White House press secretary - who this week signed a bombshell deal with MSNBC - told Jimmy Fallon she now feels forced to check what security is on the gates.

She claimed these were the thoughts those in power were mulling over too, as they try to 'help heal' and 'help bring some calm' after Tuesday's massacre - the deadliest school shooting in more than a decade.

The appearance also saw Psaki praise her old boss Biden for his speech in the wake of the vile massacre, despite it being panned by many for politicizing the tragedy.

It comes after a demented murdered shot up an elementary school in Uvalde, killing 19 children and two teachers. The shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, stormed into the building and blasted bullets indiscriminately before being shot dead by cops.

He earlier used the AR-15 he used during the attack to gun down his own grandmother, who is now fighting for her life in a hospital after being struck in the head. 

The incident has since spawned new debate on the issue of gun reform, as Ramos - who friends and police said was suffering from deteriorating mental health - purchased the assault weapon days before the attack, immediately after turning 18.

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Speaking to Psaki Wednesday night - in what was the former Biden speaker's first television appearance since leaving the White House earlier this month to spend more time with her two kids - Fallon asked for her take on the tragedy.

'I wanted to get your perspective on the catastrophic mass school shooting that happened yesterday,' Fallon, 47, asked. 'Obviously we're all shaken by this, but how does the White House handle events of this type?'

Psaki, 43, responded: 'Yeah, I was - I have two little kids. I know you have kids I think that are a little older than my kids.'

The former White House aide - who earlier in the interview gleefully touted her ability to 'explain difficult things to the public' and gushed about starting her new job at NBC's cable news affiliate this September - proceeded to offer her thoughts, which echoed those seen from progressives calling for increased gun control laws.

'The first reaction I had when I saw the news was shock, of course, and I'm sure this is what they were feeling in the White House too. And sadness.  You know, that kind of sadness that you get when your throat feels like it's - if you talk you're gonna cry, that kind of sadness.'

She went on: 'And then you feel fear. 'And I think like so many parents across the country, I was thinking about sending my daughter to kindergarten today and is she safe, is she okay there, what kind of security do they have, should they have security.

'I was thinking about sending my daughter to kindergarten today. And is she safe? Is she okay there? What kind of security do they have? Should they have security?' Psaki said.

'Those are the kind of thoughts that are going through your head when you're in the White House, too, because you're thinking about what the country is experiencing, what communities are experiencing, and what you can do to help, help heal, help bring some calm, if you can, in that moment.'

Fallon then asked if the former press secretary had seen President Biden's speech Tuesday night, where he criticized state laws that let the teen purchase the assault weapons just days after turning 18.

'Yes, I did,' Psaki said. 'And I think what people saw who watched or saw clips later on was somebody who knows what it's like to lose a child and knows what it's like to have part of your soul and part of your heart ripped out, and that's what he talked about a little bit last night.' 

The former White House staffer then offered a bizarre recollection of the address, where she described the emotion and 'crinkles' in the eyes of the president - who lost his adult son Beau in 2015 to a brain tumor - in what she saw as an impassioned plea to the public.

'Watching it, I was thinking - I was looking at his face and watching kind of the crinkles in his eyes and the emotions, and I was looking at Dr. Biden behind him, and thinking these are people who know that pain,' Psaki said.

She added: 'It doesn't make it heal it for other people, but they understand what it is and it impacts how they live their lives and how they govern.'

Fallon went on to ask if she believes that new gun laws are on the horizon after the tragedy, and if she had any advice on how normal citizens could help.

'This is a common question that people ask me, and I think the most important thing for people to know is nobody's powerless in this moment,' Psaki said. 

'Everybody has a voice. Everybody can use that voice in many ways. Yes, you can vote. You can also get involved in a lot of organizations, she said, asserting that 'nobody is powerless' amid heated debates over state and federal gun laws. 

'What I would also say that I learned from working in the White House and working in government is that you have to always have hope.' 

She went on: 'You have to always think that change is possible and that maybe it's not gonna happen next month or next year, I don't know, but what happens when you have tragedies like the one in Texas, is it jerks people awake in a lot of ways.' 

'I mean, guns are the biggest -- they kill more kids every year than anything else.' 

'That's a fact. There are more guns in this country than there are people in this country, and those type of details jerk people awake, and that's sometimes when change happens.'