NBC News reports:
President Joe Biden traveled to Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday where he met with the families of victims from Saturday’s shooting rampage and addressed the racism and hate that officials say motivated the gunman.
“What happened here is simple, straightforward terrorism,” Biden said. “Terrorism, domestic terrorism, violence inflicted in the service of hate and the vicious thirst for power that defines one group of people being inherently inferior to any other group.”
“In America, evil will not win, I promise you. Hate will not prevail, and white supremacy will not have the last word,” Biden said while at a local community center there.
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President Biden: “White supremacy is a poison. It’s a poison running through our body politic, and it’s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. No more. […] The ideology of white supremacy has no place in America.” https://t.co/ZdwZKX8t9I pic.twitter.com/ixh6XcwKze
— The Hill (@thehill) May 17, 2022
Joe Biden calls white supremacy a poison. Donald Trump calls white supremacists very fine people. any questions
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) May 17, 2022
President Biden calls on Americans to reject the ‘poison’ of white supremacy in Buffalo, New York, the site of a racist mass shooting https://t.co/RX7u9OMOXL pic.twitter.com/sxfNO48UuT
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2022