Joe Biden condemns racial violence after Buffalo shooting incident, says white supremacy is a poison

Joe Biden, US President accompanied by First Lady, Jill Biden laid a wreath yesterday at the memorial for victims of a shootout in Buffalo, which took place last Saturday.

The gunman, a young white American teenager identified as Payton Gendron (18 years), from Conklin, who gave himself up to law enforcement officers after shooting down 10 Black Americans, in what is identified as a racially motivated killing.

Biden made a slew of statements, condemning this murder and blamed it squarely on people who pretend to love America but don't understand America.


The president further announced that "white supremacy" clearly doesn't have a place in the American way of life and needs to be denounced vehemently.

The president recounted the names of the victims, fighting off tears, as he read them and recalled the instance of a father Andre Mackniel (53) who was buying a cake for his 3-year-old daughter's birthday when the gunman entered the store. Biden though made a reference to disallowing assault-type rifles to be sold, later agreed that convincing Congress on gun laws was indeed very difficult.

The President's ire was however reserved for those who promote the "White Replacement Theory", which apparently motivated the young gunman. Biden described it as a sick mentality of a small minority of whites who propounded this obsolete ideology, thereby poisoning the minds of the younger generation. Biden further went on to blame the internet as the source from where these sick ideologies were spread and motivated very lonely and sad individuals into believing them.

Biden then met the relatives of the victims, the various government officials, and first responders while offering words of support and solidarity.

The President also called on the people of all races and backgrounds in America to condemn and speak up against the idea of white supremacy. The president encouraged everyone to behave as if they belonged to the majority and not feel alone in this struggle against a lie that talked about replacing one by another. He declared that such people would not be allowed to destroy the country and what it stood for.