Biden touched on gun control in his 15-minute speech, but focused on the scourge of white supremacy brewing beneath the surface of American society.
A solemn President Biden, at moments choking up, promised Tuesday that “white supremacy will not have the last word” while visiting Buffalo, the site of the most horrific hate-fueled attack in the nation since he took office. Biden touched on gun control in a 15-minute speech, but focused on the scourge of white supremacy brewing beneath the surface of American society — the toxic views that led an accused teenaged gunman to kill 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly Black area on Buffalo’s East Side on Saturday.
“White supremacy is a poison,” Biden declared to applause in the gym of a Buffalo community center. “It’s been allowed to fester and grow right before our eyes. No more.”
First lady Jill Biden listens as President Joe Biden speaks to families of victims of Saturday’s shooting, law enforcement and first responders, and community leaders at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
The president repeatedly referred to the attack at a Tops grocery store as “domestic terrorism” — an act of evil carried out in service of a wicked ideology.
