Biden courts critical Black voters in South Carolina, decrying white supremacy
CBSN
Courting Black voters he needs to win reelection, President Biden on Monday denounced the "poison" of white supremacy in America, declaring at the site of a deadly racist church shooting in South Carolina that such ideology has no place in America, "not today, tomorrow or ever."
Mr. Biden spoke from the pulpit of Mother Emanuel AME Church, where in 2015 nine Black parishioners were shot to death by the White stranger who had invited to join their Bible study. The Democratic president's speech followed his blunt remarks last Friday on the eve of the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, in which he excoriated former President Donald Trump for "glorifying" rather than condemning political violence.
At Mother Emanuel, Mr. Biden said "the word of God was pierced by bullets of hate, propelled not just by gunpowder, but by poison."
