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President Biden Delivering Remarks From Buffalo, NY

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President Joe Biden is currently delivering remarks from Buffalo, New York, the site of a racially motivated mass shooting over the weekend.

  • The remarks can be streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owPY5vhEWB8
  • Biden: 'The American experiment and democracy is in a danger like it hasn't been in my lifetime.' 'Hate and fear are being given too much oxygen by those who claim to love America.'
  • The shooting has reignited debates over racism and accountability in politics. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blamed 'MAGA Republicans' and Fox News for spreading the racist ideology embraced by the attacker.
  • Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called Fox commentator Tucker Carlson the 'leading ideologue in the white supremacist movement.'
  • House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) responded: 'The suspect is the very worst of humanity and for political individuals to try to make some political game out of this shows how little they are.'
  • The accusation that members of the Republican party are linked with a radical far-right movement is likely to feature prominently in midterm campaigning from Democrats in states with significant black and ethnic minority communities.

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