'What happened here is simple and straightforward: terrorism. Terrorism. Domestic terrorism,' the president said.
— President Biden on Tuesday issued a forceful condemnation of the"hateful and perverse ideology" that he warned has seeped into the mainstream, calling the white supremacist views espoused by the suspected gunman who and wounded three more in a racially motivated massacre in Buffalo, New York, a"poison."
"White supremacy is a poison. It's a poison, it really is, running through our body politic," he said."And it's been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. No more, no more. We need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in America. None."
Joined on the trip to Buffalo by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, both Democratic senators from New York, the president and first lady visited a memorial outside the Tops grocery store where the shooting occurred, laying a bouquet of flowers and paying respects to the victims. They also met privately with the families of the shooting before Mr. Biden spoke to the audience of elected officials and community leaders.
Democrats have said the racially motivated shooting highlighted how extremist views have migrated into the mainstream, which Schumer attributed to Fox News and host Tucker Carlson.
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