White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also said Biden will 'call on all Americans to give hate no safe harbor and to reject the lies of racial animus that radicalize and divide us.'
The White House says that President Joe Biden will formally call on Congress to"take action" in keeping"weapons of war" off of streets and"keep guns out of the hands of criminals and people who have serious mental illness."
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made the comments aboard Air Force One to the press as the president traveled to Buffalo, New York on Tuesday to visit the area of a mass shooting there at a supermarket called Tops Market. As the Associated Press reported, the shooter, Payton Gendron, was described as a quiet, socially awkward student. He once reportedly threatened a murder-suicide while at school and was put under a mental evaluation, then released later the next day when investigators are said to have stopped looking into the matter as serious.
Gendron is accused of shooting and killing 10 people at the Buffalo supermarket. Most of the victims were said to be in their 50s or older. Investigators described the attack as “racially motivated violent extremism.” “It is my sincere hope that this individual, this white supremacist who just perpetrated a hate crime on an innocent community, will spend the rest of his days behind bars. And heaven help him in the next world as well,” said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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